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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
importune .
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Examples
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He loves to be pressingly importuned, which is not the manner of men.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Mr. Laird further states that if any person has "importuned" the American Navy Department in behalf of his firm, he has done so without any authority.
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This was not the way I had expected it to go, so I importuned the woman a little further, but to no avail.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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This caused a considerable stir among the other guests, all of whom importuned her to reveal whether she had discussed the story with people in the O campaign or, more to the point, whether someone in the campaign leaked the story to her.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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But they're not the companies that importuned the government for mandates and corporate welfare.
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Vidal announced ... that I had that very afternoon importuned Barry Goldwater to accept a draft of an acceptance speech I had written for him, and that Goldwater had brusquely turned me down, all of this in the presence of ‘John Jones,’ a Goldwater aide.
r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism" r_urell 2010
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This caused a considerable stir among the other guests, all of whom importuned her to reveal whether she had discussed the story with people in the O campaign or, more to the point, whether someone in the campaign leaked the story to her.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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This caused a considerable stir among the other guests, all of whom importuned her to reveal whether she had discussed the story with people in the O campaign or, more to the point, whether someone in the campaign leaked the story to her.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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This caused a considerable stir among the other guests, all of whom importuned her to reveal whether she had discussed the story with people in the O campaign or, more to the point, whether someone in the campaign leaked the story to her.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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He is importuned by a friend, Sen. Reverdy Johnson Tom Wilkinson of Maryland, to help in her defense.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Conspirator Marshall Fine 2011
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