exhort

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

There was a time when he would commonly exhort Congress to pass border legislation:

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2024

He has used his appearances and events by surrogates to exhort them to turn out.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 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

To teach and exhort and explain to his people—and to have them understand.

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

“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

Notaro frequently exhorts listeners to watch the show on YouTube, which she said is a “joking nudge” to listeners and a running gag among the hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

On record, “Express Yourself” is a battering ram of industrial-funk encouragement; it exhorts the listener to create his or her own destiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

There’s nothing to do but try to ignore the nasty stuff soaking my foot and, as Ted exhorts us, work through it.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Until then, he exhorted his students to control their own destinies, likening AI personalization to the rudder on a sailboat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

Obviously reading from a prepared script, she exhorted Angelenos to help one another and expressed confidence that we would rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

“How will she remember this?” she exhorted her students.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

We're off to the movies or to Capri's for an ice cream and just hanging out, the boys much exhorted to take care of the ladies.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Then Becket’s mom dies, too, but not before exhorting him to make sure he lives “the right kind of life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

After exhorting his team to meet fear, fatigue and pressure with energy, Bunting did the same.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

As Kaya entered Walter Reed, she walked past two adults yelling at the principal and exhorting students: “Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t give your phones to these people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

Bird was greeted by rapturous cheers, firing up the crowd with an exuberant speech exhorting them to carry him to the governor’s office in November.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024

He was exhorting someone to throw away a cigarette.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer