exhort
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
exhorted
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past participleof exhort.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 exhort.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
exhortverb (used with object)to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
Example Sentences
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Dubai Mall, one of the largest in the world, was crowded with shoppers on a recent weekend, exhorted by optimistic and patriotic signs suggesting the war was nothing but a bad memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In an eloquent eulogy bookended by the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz and Langston Hughes, he exhorted Americans to “practice the politics of the preamble to the Constitution” as the “only way” to honor Lewis’ life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024
“How will she remember this?” she exhorted her students.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The imperative of continuing hefty Western military and financial assistance to Ukraine was underscored repeatedly by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, who exhorted participants to act, as he rushed from one high-level meeting to the next.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
As Cluny exhorted them, they roared back their frenzied replies: “Where does Cluny’s army go?”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
