importune
verb (used with object)
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
will importune
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future tenseof importune.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“The needs are too great. And if we pass a strong package with strong bipartisan support, it will importune the House somehow or other to act, despite the morass they are in.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
I must obey you at the city gate; but I will importune you here.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau
Even the water carrier, with his huge red earthen jar strapped to his head and back, if he sees a favorable opportunity, will importune the stranger regarding these fiery little stones.
From Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou
First Priest: We will importune the gods with the savour of rarest spices.
From Plays of Near & Far by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
Hear, then, the solemn, the last address, with which the unhappy Caoline will importune thee.
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
