Insistence
Insistence noun - The state of demanding notice or attention.
Usage example: the insistence of their hunger
Press
Press noun - The state of demanding notice or attention.
Usage example: the press of business matters
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In the Popeye comic strips, a single hiccup is enough to prove to the press that King Blozo is a drinker, despite his insistence that he isn't.
Source: Alcohol Hic - Things are not made more clear by Hornblower appointing himself head of the investigation in the confusion caused by the power vacuum, nor by his insistence that they press on a planned attack on a Spanish fort, keeping everyone too occupied to look into things too closely.
Source: Ambiguous Situation -
Dramatic Irony: When Jhovan tries to press Link into joining the circus troupe permanently, Din scolds him for trying to decide Link's life for him — he's aiming to become a knight (with a great deal of reluctance and almost entirely due to his grandfather's insistence) after all!
Source: Manga / The Legend of Zelda
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