exhorted
Example Sentences
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“Try doing a run behind a garbage truck,” the stepdad exhorted, setting Mr. Paré-Poupart on a course from which he’s never strayed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Speaking at Davos earlier, Zelensky exhorted Europe to do more to ensure its own security, saying: "Europe loves to discuss the future but avoids taking action".
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Importantly, he exhorted artists to always remain true to themselves.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
In an eloquent eulogy bookended by the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz and Langston Hughes, he exhorted Americans to “practice the politics of the preamble to the Constitution” as the “only way” to honor Lewis’ life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024
With subterranean rumblings Queenie jogged slowly down the drive and turned into the street, where Luster exhorted her into a gait resembling a prolonged and suspended fall in a forward direction.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
