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
Oh, Page 336 that arrogance!" she is muttering while Elsa is exhorting her; "It shall teach me how I may undo that trustfulness of hers!
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Paul, the very man that is exhorting here to sobriety, was the very type of an enthusiast all his life.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander
