It was very hard for me, but I insisted on having this bag in the exhibition.

我当时非常难受，但我坚持这个纸袋参与展出。

youdao

I was not allowed to join them at first, but I insisted I should go visit grandma's tomb.

本来舅舅不想让我去，但我执意要去。我想去外婆的坟头看看。

youdao

I didn't want to go but he insisted.

我并不想去，但他硬要我去。

《牛津词典》

But I insisted and eventually after I had asked them so many times, they gave in and allowed me to see him, but just his face, nothing more.

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