Example Sentences

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He has importuned me all day to send for you.

From Five Thousand Dollars Reward by Pinkerton, A. Frank [pseud.]

My lord," she whispered, "he has importuned me for audience.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

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 Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)