Vocabulary

Form

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

verb vt
freq #38

Example sentences

He maintained that he was innocent.

My brother insisted on going there alone.

The boy claims he knows nothing about it.

She maintains her innocence.

Jack insisted on having a living room to himself.

Jimmy insisted on my taking him to the zoo.

He persisted in his opinion.

You must not insist on going out alone so late at night.