importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
were 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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Meanwhile I was allowing myself to be more and more in his company, and my whole family, with my big brother at their head, were importuning me to marry him.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford
It happened that the midnight train from Cornwall was overdue, and fluttered women waiting for friends were importuning bored officials about the delay.
From The Moon Rock by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
The rich were conveying their treasures to places of security, and the archduchesses and ladies of honor were importuning the empress to leave Vienna, and remove the court to Presburg.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
