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urge not to
verb as in dissuade
Example Sentences
The risks of harm to a developing baby from syphilis are so high that experts urge not to delay treatment, even by a day.
"I felt everyone around me was just better off without me. I didn't want to burden my family - I felt an urge not to live."
"We understand this is a high-profile international story. However, we urge not to speculate as to the motive as our homicide investigators will be following the evidence," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant David Lee said at a news conference.
Getting to 60 will continue to be an uphill climb for the Biden administration because of the political peril for Republicans of consorting with the other side, because of the structural bias of the current political landscape against compromise, and because of the urge not to give the president another victory.
Let’s call it the drummer’s instinct: an urge not to lead the parade, but to be part of it — in rhythm with others, creating something together that no one could alone.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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