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

A dervish is exhorting a crowd of interested listeners at one end of the court-yard, and a strolling band of lutis are entertaining an audience at the other end.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Thus, when Vergil says Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem, he is exhorting the beatific infant to the exercise of the faculty of comparison.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph