importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
has been importuning
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present perfect progressiveof importune (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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"I am longer winded," he said, "than a man named De Chaumont, who has been importuning Bonaparte, in season and out of season, to reinstate an American emigré, a Madame de Ferrier."
From Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
