Sample sentences for IMPORTUNE

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Definition

beg insistently or urge repeatedly

importune = beg insistently or urge repeatedly

importune = beg or urge

I will not importune you.
Austen, Jane -- Northanger Abbey
Gentlemen, importune me no farther,
Shakespeare, William -- The Taming of the Shrew
At last, seeing my unconquerable repugnance, he ceased to importune me.
Melville, Herman -- Typee
Importune him once more to go, my lord;
William Shakespeare -- King Lear

importune = urge

I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips.
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra

importune = beg

Against all sense you do importune her.
William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure

importune = beg persistently and urgently

And at the same time I fear to importune it too much, because I do not know what might happen then.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

importune = beg for

importunes = begs persistently and urgently

Have you importuned her to such a purpose?
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor

importuned = begged

and did request me to importune you to let...
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

importune = beg persistently and urgently

Billy did not want to see what happened next, and a clerk importuned him to come over and see some really hot stuff they kept under the counter for connoisseurs.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five

importuned = urged

importune = beg persistently and urgently

Then, however much mother and sister would importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes closed and refusing to get up.
Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis

importune = beg persistently and urgently

But I will no longer importune my young cousin.
Austen, Jane -- Pride and Prejudice
Yossarian whirled and seized the chaplain by the shirt front in an importuning grip.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
He importunes, persecutes one, and levies a regular tax on all travellers.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
No, Sir_, said the other, _nothing at all except the enjoyment of your good company_: and so gave over importuning him.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Hema realized that in importuning every deity she could think of, she had somehow neglected to appeal to Sister Mary Joseph Praise.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone

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