importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
are importuning
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present progressiveof importune.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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All the morning long, people swarming around are importuning me with, " Bin, bin, bin, monsieur."
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens
