importunity

She does this while offering him no emotional response to his importunities whatsoever.

The National Football League’s D.C. franchise owner Mr. Snyder stubbornly — and yes, courageously — resisted the name-change importunities and threats of the Left for years.

In her footsteps, women had to take the next move as resisters of unwarranted prejudice: "Sue for your rights and privileges. Know the reason that you cannot attain them. Weary them with your importunities."

Recent Iraqi street protests against Iran’s overweening influence may now be eclipsed by a bigger struggle against the US and its much-resented importunities.

Iran’s neo-colonial importunities in Iraq and Lebanon are under vocal attack.