6 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
persistent or continuing or firm — especially in maintaining a view or demanding something
- She had stated insistently, in her publicity and in private conversation, that she was sixty-four.2.4 — Part 2 Chapter 4 (74% in)
- Keating had thrown his arm about Shlinker's shoulders; Keating's eyes had glowed with an insistent kind of warmth, as if Shlinker were his most precious friend; Keating's eyes glowed like that on everybody.1.2 — Part 1 Chapter 2 (40% in)
- Keating had never felt comfortable in Mrs. Holcombe's presence, because she smiled at him too insistently and commented on his remarks by winking and saying: "Why, Peter, how naughty of you!" when no such intention had been in his mind at all.1.10 — Part 1 Chapter 10 (17% in)
- She spoke about it insistently to anyone who would listen.2.15 — Part 2 Chapter 15 (77% in)
- Someone at a distant table stared in their direction insistently, someone tall and bulky.3.3 — Part 3 Chapter 3 (60% in)
- It clung to her with a tight insistence that seemed conscious, like the peremptory caress of a cat.3.5 — Part 3 Chapter 5 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "insistent" in The Fountainhead.
Typical Usage
(best examples)