importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
importuned
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past participleof importune.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof importune.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
importuneverb (used with object)to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
Example Sentences
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The son must endure the gall of being mocked and seeing his mother importuned by greedy suitors who feast nightly on the family’s stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Instead of writing “The verbiage from the campaigners importuned the dispossession of their statesmen,” write “The protestors demanded the resignations of their congressional representatives.”
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
He had importuned a doctor in Atlanta to play messenger boy for him.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019
That, they believe, will maximise the number of congressmen being importuned by victims to repeal the offending law, says John Weekes, a former Canadian ambassador to the WTO who now practises trade law.
From Economist ● Jun. 18, 2015
“Rob, this is Helen at Base Camp,” Wilton importuned, sounding as if she was on the brink of tears.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
