Example Sentences

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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 Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Glidden was importuning with expressive hands and swift, low utterance.

From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane

"Oh, please, please, don't wait for the key," she was importuning them.

From The Paternoster Ruby by Walk, Charles Edmonds

Already the energetic mother was importuning Charles to engage the daughter.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

To add to the queen's difficulties, Mary, who had been deposed from the throne of Scotland and had sought shelter in England, was importuning her for assistance for the recovery of her lost crown.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)