But she couldn't do it, a corner of his brain insisted stubbornly.

I'm not going to stubbornly insist I was right, or make excuses.

"That might be because we didn't have any extra trouble," he said, stubbornly insisting on the point.

"The boy wouldn't hurt anybody, and especially not me," he insisted stubbornly.

He stubbornly insisted on continuing to attend school, taking three tests.

Pete stubbornly insists on trying to keep the family farm, even though it's losing money.

He was still sick, but stubbornly insisted that Jefferson read him the newspapers.

"Holiday will come for her," the old man insisted stubbornly, "even if we are gone."

Gilbert stubbornly insisted that he needed no help, so I left him in the bedroom with his mother and went out to the telephone.

"The window has to stay right where it is," Eliar insisted stubbornly.