exhort
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
had exhorted
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past perfectof exhort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Before the ceremony, the official crowd preppers had exhorted those in attendance to, at a certain moment, take out their phones.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
It was exactly the kind of pace Lue had exhorted his team to play at when, three games into the season, he showed them video of possessions with only a handful of Clippers sprinting back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
After the Warriors’ 72nd win, a steel-eyed dismantling of the Spurs in San Antonio, Draymond Green revealed that over the All-Star break, Michael Jordan himself had exhorted the team to break the Bulls’ record.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2016
Dying of throat cancer, he had exhorted the anxious contractor to hurry, scribbling on scraps of paper after he could no longer speak.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2012
The Queen, in opening the session of 1704-5, had exhorted her Parliament to peace and union; but the High-Churchmen were too hot to listen to advice even from her.
From Daniel Defoe by Minto, William
