"Tell me now," he insisted in point-blank demand much against his stolid nature.

He insisted on using the phrase "tear down this wall" against the advice of his underlings, for example.

Niall insisted on helping her dress for the ball, against Sabrina's will.

The authorities were said to have insisted, against the foreigners' technical advice, that the field continue at full production.

He insisted on his innocence and the illegality of the charges against him.

Yet the media insist, against all reason, that there is no possible harm in what they offer.

During a psychotic episode he insisted on a trial against the advice of his lawyer.

Others insisted against all likelihood that Muslim forces were attacking.

Yet the old stone insisted against her face.

You insisted against all odds upon going back to face that menace again, personally.