importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
has importuned
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present perfectof importune (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The young mother has attempted by every means imaginable to escape from his clutches and at last has importuned him into a promise to release his hold upon her on the payment of $300.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Bell
My lord," she whispered, "he has importuned me for audience.
From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy
He has importuned me all day to send for you.
From Five Thousand Dollars Reward by A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
