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- verb Present participle of
urge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
- noun a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- noun the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
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Examples
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He paused at the fireplace, where he was adding more wood, his expression urging her to continue.
A GIFT OF LOVE Judith McNaught 1995
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He paused at the fireplace, where he was adding more wood, his expression urging her to continue.
A GIFT OF LOVE Judith McNaught 1995
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This year, the message focuses on the environment, with a title urging, "If You Want to Cultivate Peace Protect Creation".
Media Newswire 2010
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No need for extra aps to say read again urging me to create more clutter, just the browser.
Are You drowning in Interesting-Things-to-Read-on-the-Net? Here’s how to cope | Write to Done 2010
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Ergo, the urging is invariably in a warlike direction.
Think Progress » The Right Scrambles To Demean Obama’s Successful Nuclear Summit 2010
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Catholic Conference of Bishops; Jim Ball, director of the Evangelical Environmental Network; and Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center, in urging action to stop global warming before it is to late (according to ENS).
Eco-Justice 2009
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My wife belongs to a private sector union, and we're getting robocalls from state AFL-CIO shill Tom Chamberlain urging us to contact Wyden's office to oppose the proposal.
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The big story on The New York Times today is that parents are again urging children to ditch children's books.
Alex Palmer: Adults Take the Fun Out of Reading, Again Alex Palmer 2010
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The Episcopal Church joins many other Christians and people of faith in urging the safeguarding of human rights everywhere.
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The Episcopal Church joins many other Christians and people of faith in urging the safeguarding of human rights everywhere.
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