urge
verb (used with object)
to push or force along; impel with force or vigor.
Example Sentences
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When Frances hands Jeff documents that confirm Facebook knows all about Instagram’s negative impact on teenagers, she urges him, “Get it out there, before they start marketing Instagram Kids.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Revenue is inadequate to Paris’s spending urges, despite or rather because of high tax rates that extract 51% of French GDP each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He urges boards to review a few relatively immediate outcomes that may reveal whether the board needs to intervene and shore up support for the newcomer or look for an alternative leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
He urges side sleepers to pick a position that keeps their back straight.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
After the lineup Anatole marches them into the church and urges them, I guess, to wrestle with their numbers and their French congregations and what not.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
