exhort
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
has been exhorting
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present perfect progressiveof exhort (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For the past several weeks, mayor Eric Adams has been exhorting businesses to get their employees back in the office, first making an appeal to conscience and then to cultural personality.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Board Chairman Colby dicker of General Foods, has been exhorting his colleagues to tell their side of the story ever since he took office last winter.
From Time Magazine Archive
For months Treasury Secretary James Baker has been exhorting other governments to stoke their economies by lowering their rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
So here he has been exhorting the Galatian Christians to restore a fallen brother.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
Plainly then he considers that there will be found among these perfect men states of feeling and estimates of themselves opposed to those which he has been exhorting them to cherish.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
