exhort

Example Sentences

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The performance casts such a spell of suggestive truthfulness that I had to exhort myself to pay attention to the other fine actors around her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Her story appeared in Chinese social media despite digital and human censors and prompted commentators to exhort national media to highlight the scandal.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Unlike Mr. Adams, who worked solo, dozens of drummers at Oakland Coliseum exhort the A’s from their seats in both left and right field.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Psychologists understand that the quickest way to understanding someone is through their wounds, and musicians too understand this power of music to comfort, console, encourage and exhort themselves and other broken hearts.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2022

He would exhort her and he would tell her all that was in his heart and still she was gentle.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers