importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
was importuning
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past progressiveof importune.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Glidden was importuning with expressive hands and swift, low utterance.
From The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
Already the energetic mother was importuning Charles to engage the daughter.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Yes, your highness; and as I was told who was importuning your highness, I came in without changing my dress.
From Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
I saw him—" As for the Easterner, he was importuning in a voice that was not heeded: "Wait a moment, can't you?
From The Monster and Other Stories by Stephen Crane
New Orleans was importuning Congress to support it in an Exposition.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
