Verb (used without object) : He insists on checking every shipment. ,to insist on the justice of a claim. ,to insist on a point in a discussion.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He insists that he saw the ghosts. ,I insist that you see this thing through.    From Dictionary.com. 

As the name insisting flower really like a Parrot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parrot Flowers - God's Beautiful Creation] Reference

You are absolutely right in insisting on an answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Lynne Cheney Unhinged: Insists Her Husband Never Connected Saddam to 9/11] Reference

Another media person, again insisting it was to be a political rally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles H. Green: Stewart's and Colbert's Joke is On the Media] Reference

They are frank, too, in insisting that they consider the United States as an enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Common Mission] Reference

She is adamant in insisting that court-ordered hiring goals not operate as fixed quotas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justice in the Middle] Reference

The americans are very socialist in insisting their Football players get a college education!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wide Open Mental Spaces Of America] Reference

He even refused to be interviewed by me in Arabic, insisting: "I have better command of Hebrew.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News Alert from Israel - COP/JCPA] Reference

The conceptual problem is, I believe, in insisting that it be Caesar rather than one of his descendents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The apes are gone, for now : Bev Vincent] Reference

Mr. STANLEY persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert and Jennifer Stanley] Reference

If Mr. FARR persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

If Mr. COOK persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

If Mr. ORLANDO persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

If Mr. PICKETT persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

If Deputy GOMEZ persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

He could not have been more emphatic in insisting that the short time between races had nothing to do with Barbaro's plight.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Surgery complete, Barbaro and his sport wait] Reference

If Mr. BANKS persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that someone ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

If Mr. NEWINGHAM persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

On what conditions are the United States and the British Empire justified in insisting on an early adjustment of these matters?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English-Speaking World and the Continent of Europe] Reference

Health-care professionals have a vested interest (15 percent of the gross domestic product) in insisting that health is special.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poison Pill] Reference

If Mr. WINNIN/WINNEN persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

I am not alone in insisting that universal truth-claims must be verifiable from standpoints independent of the faith of the claimant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83] Reference

If Mr. OUELLETTE/OUELETTE persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

I realize that in insisting they aren’t monsters he says they are not exactly human either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two-For-One Montaigne « So Many Books] Reference

But The Music Man keeps calling insisting that someone is up there in the middle of the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sizzle Says] Reference

However, in the middle of the night Kaylie receives a call insisting her mother also survived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice-Stephanie Rowe « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference

Let them adopt the methods of these new teachers of Eugenics, whom we have described as insisting on quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays in Rebellion] Reference

At issue was the idea of insisting that millions of people make a transition from the dole to the work force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Angela Stahl, 44, plagued the emergency line with endless calls insisting she couldn't afford dating agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [13WHAM: Top Stories] Reference

He called insisting on a reward for the phone, and the representatives he talked to would not guarantee himone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Is It a Crime to Receive an Item That You Know Belongs to a Third Party?] Reference

As such, I am not willing to fall on my sword insisting that certain gifts have categorically, absolutely ceased while others continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pulpit Pimps] Reference

Stofile said his government was not "insisting" on simply having.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I'd love to see it passed, I support its passage, but wishing aka "insisting" doesn't make it so.    From Wordnik.com.  [10/02/2007] Reference

Its opening lines exalted "a feeling that cannot be explained", insisting: "To understand you have to have cried at the Calderón.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Atlético Madrid can put end to glory of suffering in Liverpool semi] Reference