Example Sentences

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Her monologue ran at the same time that the anchor Tucker Carlson, on his Fox News program, was exhorting elected officials to respond more aggressively to the virus.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

When he attended practice, Phillips was drawn to the far end of the field, where Swinney was exhorting and backslapping and leading cheers.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2020

True, there seems to be less of the stuff Jane Fonda was exhorting women to do via VHS to thin their thighs back in the day.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2016

Over the radio, trim Mrs. Charles Hamilton Sabin, wife of the board chairman of potent Guaranty Trust Co., was exhorting a national audience,.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was exhorting someone to throw away a cigarette.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer