exhort
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
is exhorting
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present progressiveof exhort (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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President Kristina M. Johnson, using the lure of letter grades, is exhorting the campus to go further.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
And this time he is exhorting his supporters to join him.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2021
Francis says he is "exhorting all sides involved in the conflict to respect the cessation of hostilities and reinforce ongoing dialogue," which he says is the only path that leads to peace.
From US News ● May 1, 2016
About four years after this he is exhorting the Ephesians to the keeping the 5th commandment.
From The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Joseph Bates
Whilst in the battle of Shrewsbury he is exhorting and encouraging the Prince who is engaged with the Spirit Percy—“Well said Hal, to him Hal,”—he is himself attacked by the Fiend Douglas.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by David Nichol Smith
