All 3 Uses of
insistent
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- The glass of mead was now knocking quite insistently on the side of Vernons head; he attempted to beat it away.†
Chpt 3 *
- I cannot pretend that my particular brand of reasoned argument is making much headway against Greyback's insistence that we werewolves deserve blood, that we ought to revenge ourselves on normal people.†
Chpt 16
- In spite of all he had told Harry, in spite of his insistence that he trusted Snape completely, he had lost his temper with him…… He did not think that Snape had tried hard enough to investigate the Slytherins … or, perhaps, to investigate a single Slytherin: Malfoy?†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(insistent) persistent or continuing or firm -- especially in maintaining a view or demanding something