Sentence:  Maggie could n't seem to get her strength back or catch up with herself with all she had to do : there was the big basket of clothes to be coaxed through the rackety old washer and lugged out and lugged back ; there was the daily round of household chores in which Maggie <WSD>insisted</WSD> on participating . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge