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Meanings of insistency in inglês

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pressão
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The state of demanding notice or attention.

        pressão
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        Examples for "pressure"
        Examples for "pressure"
        1
        High-pressure systems bring generally calm conditions and often result in clear skies.
        News.com.au
        2
        Bank equities remain under pressure, however, with particular tensions surrounding Italian banks.
        The Guardian
        3
        Stabilizing the Middle East, of course, would reduce the pressure on Europe.
        Reuters
        4
        Armed groups have also targeted the oil industry to pressure the state.
        Reuters
        5
        He said he came under political pressure over the use of water.
        Radio NZ
        1
        Lucas said he would press for House debate as soon as possible.
        Reuters
        2
        Members of the opposition, however, said it would further curtail press freedom.
        Reuters
        3
        Conning said it will issue a press statement regarding the deal later.
        Reuters
        4
        Go and direct traffic; let no press or public near the house.
        The Magician
        5
        Since it went to press, however, cases have begun to rise again.
        The Guardian
        1
        However, he was concerned about the insistence on the alcohol ban continuing.
        The South African
        2
        Yet earlier this year, the industry quietly ditched its insistence on passporting.
        Reuters
        3
        One part insistence on the right to armed protection of said status.
        Ebony
        4
        The insistence that had been in the knock spoke in the voice.
        Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
        5
        His stubborn insistence stirred concerns of a violent power struggle in Baghdad.
        Reuters
        1
        But the young man arrested the motion with a gesture of mock imperativeness.
        Children of the Whirlwind
        2
        There is a terrible intensity and immediate imperativeness about this call.
        Human Traits and their Social Significance
        3
        The man's voice leaped to a higher pitch and was sharp with imperativeness.
        Moon-Face, and Other Stories
        4
        She felt to the full all the imperativeness of the motives which urged Will's conduct.
        Middlemarch
        5
        Law comes saying 'Do this,' and our consciences respond to the imperativeness of the obligation.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
        Usage of insistency in inglês
        1
        I woke Claire up with a long kiss that grew in insistency.
        An ordinary decent criminal
        2
        Hurstwood almost exclaimed out loud at the insistency of this thing.
        Sister Carrie: A Novel
        3
        Her hands and eyes became magical, her talk light and constant without insistency.
        The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Com...
        4
        Bon stood rigidly behind him, barking with a steady, shrill insistency.
        Heart-shaped box
        5
        I asked with some insistency, where this joke was to end.
        The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3
        6
        And now,' continues the count, 'I thank you from my heart for your insistency.
        The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
        7
        He tried to put the question without insistency, in a tone quite compatible with friendliness.
        Born in Exile
        8
        The insistency was too direct; "the queen's wish was a command."
        Radio Boys Cronies; Or, Bill Brown's Radio
        9
        My holidays, however, and all my personal relations with my Father were poisoned by this insistency.
        Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments
        10
        As he mended she had to meet that request of his, advanced with even stronger insistency.
        A Changed Man, and Other Tales
        11
        Always, at night, as Jean lay thinking, this incident drifted with curious insistency through her mind.
        Where the Sun Swings North
        12
        The insistency came back into his voice.
        Summer of Night
        13
        He spoke with a certain gentle insistency.
        Gossamer
        14
        Curtius Gordianus displayed a mad insistency.
        Shadows in Bronze
        15
        He was a little irritated, and slightly amused, by the recurring insistency with which his mind turned to her.
        The Alaskan
        16
        The carrots scared me, too, because they looked like mutant orange leeches flinging themselves from the pot with crazed insistency.
        The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
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        Insistency through the time