exhort
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
exhorts
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present tense formof exhort (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Its anti-misogyny message—the refrain exhorts listeners to “think about it / do something about it”—was important to the couple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
On record, “Express Yourself” is a battering ram of industrial-funk encouragement; it exhorts the listener to create his or her own destiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
There’s nothing to do but try to ignore the nasty stuff soaking my foot and, as Ted exhorts us, work through it.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
