Example Sentences

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Officials have exhorted voters to show up, but polls suggest that turnout could sink to a record low.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2021

Many retailers have exhorted consumers to shop early to avoid disappointment.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

As the coronavirus continues to spread, policymakers and medical professionals have exhorted the public to practice social distancing – remove themselves as potential vectors for Covid-19 by limiting their interactions with others.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2020

Several readers have exhorted me to write about it, calling it their favorite new thing on the Web.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2011

But after ye have exhorted all the phalanxes, we remaining here will fight against the Greeks, though much pressed, for necessity urges us.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois