Adjective : an insistent tone. From Dictionary.com.
"Operator, operator!" he called insistently, moving the hook up and down. From Wordnik.com. [The War Terror] Reference
Never paint a subject unless it calls insistently and distinctly upon your eye and heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art] Reference
A moment later he was calling insistently for his laboratory. From Wordnik.com. [The War Terror] Reference
The music floated out to them, called insistently to Tony's rhythm-mad feet and warm young blood. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
It breathed much fire and brimstone, and called insistently for a quick defeat of the insolent North. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond] Reference
A similar instance occurred in the fifth measure, where the Composer called insistently for a double sharp (×). From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow World] Reference
On a beautiful evening in June, when the land was sweet with roses, and the cuckoos called insistently to one another from copse and wood, Owen. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
Am previous commenter has said that RDF actually pointed out the clip to the BBC but the BBC said they didn;t do it "insistently" enough. From Wordnik.com. [The BBC Must Take Full Responsibility] Reference
Suppose we leave that "insistently" quite out of consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I] Reference
But Alexia craned her neck yet more, and called insistently, "Polly -- oh. From Wordnik.com. [Five Little Peppers at School] Reference
"Some touch of the artist wells up within me, and calls insistently for a well-staged performance. From Wordnik.com. [The Valley of Fear]
She looked at him insistently, and he returned the look. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
His voice came again insistently, sharp with hideous fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
She was making a plucking motion, repeatedly, insistently. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
He held it to his ear and thumbed the call button insistently. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
He patted Billy's cheek, in a regular rhythm, firmly and insistently. From Wordnik.com. ['Fall of Giants'] Reference
He grabbed my shoulders and shook me insistently, almost aggressively. From Wordnik.com. [Thieves] Reference
Sir Robert's anger increased, for the temptation beckoned insistently. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
But as Dallek so insistently proves, they tell only part of the story. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Like Lyndon] Reference
"Hello, hello, hello," he barked insistently to get our full attention. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Nutshells] Reference
Something was insistently pressing on his brain, demanding a confession. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
And how insistently they will choose to use that leverage is another question still. From Wordnik.com. [Dissent In The Dock] Reference
The telephone rang again and again; the shrill jangling filled the room insistently. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Door] Reference
Now they advised me the most insistently to allow ourselves to be interned peacefully. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
"Will you sure come?" inquired Judith insistently, as she saw him preparing to depart. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Not proven, not proven, not proven — this would be stated insistently and repeatedly. From Wordnik.com. [Web-Exclusive Excerpt: ?A Question Of Intent?] Reference
How can they still dower a common life pressed insistently toward uniformity of action?. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
He looked up to find the man holding out one of the quarters insistently, if somewhat unsteadily. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
He kept his arms about her insistently, and rubbed his chin on her smooth shoulder with a little laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Because the frame insistently slides around, neither a narrative nor a thematic "picture" comes into focus. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?] Reference
It is in regard to the second and more important factor that failure waits most insistently on the librarian. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
At the very beginning of these researches, for they reveal an entirely new field, what must be insistently demanded?. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
By half-past ten nothing remained of the feast but the grape juice, and the guests began clamoring insistently for that. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
The telephone rang insistently, and Phyllis, stretched at ease on the sofa in the snuggery, looked appealingly at Janet. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
He will not rely too insistently upon idiosyncrasy; the failure of this we have already seen, in the post-impressionists. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
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