insist

• She would have liked to insist, nature had formed her to insist, and the self-control had told in more ways than one. —  The Tragic Muse
• Use it for your musical tomfoolery if you insist, and then--get what living you can.' —  Merely Mary Ann
• I didn't insist--I gave in You wish to say began Madame Maubert at last, breaking her silence Yes! —  Civilization Tales of the Orient
• Now if we were to insist, as so many do, on making a definition out of a single one of these factors to the neglect of the others, we should come perhaps nearer the mark by saying that genius is an infinite capacity for taking others' pains. —  The Joyful Heart
• Begone, I insist--I entreat Henry. —  Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

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