has been importuning
- present perfect progressive of importune (3rd person singular).
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 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell