All 27 Uses of
exhort
in
Invisible Man, by Ellison
- exhorted and threatened
Chpt 5 *exhorted = urged strongly
- With Ras the Exhorter's boys," Brother Clifton said.†
Chpt 17
- Well, Ras the Exhorter has had a monopoly in Harlem.†
Chpt 17
- So that was Ras the Exhorter, I thought.†
Chpt 17
- We'll have trouble with the Extortor-I mean the Exhorter," a big woman said.†
Chpt 17
- It's Ras the Exhorter," he yelled.†
Chpt 17
- Clifton's arms were moving in short, accurate jabs against the head and stomach of Ras the Exhorter, punching swiftly and scientifically, careful not to knock him into the window or strike the glass with his fists, working Ras between rights and lefts jabbed so fast that he rocked like a drunken bull, from side to side.†
Chpt 17
- No mahn strike the Exhorter, godahmit, no mahn!†
Chpt 17
- "And you, mahn," the Exhorter said, "a reg'lar little black devil!†
Chpt 17
- Bust me with the pipe but, by God, you listen to the Exhorter!†
Chpt 17
- Ras the Exhorter raised up his knife and tried to do it, but he could not do it.†
Chpt 17
- He was an exhorter, all right, and I was caught in the crude, insane eloquence of his plea.†
Chpt 17
- Suddenly the Exhorter shook his fist toward the plane and yelled, "Hell with him, some day we have them too!†
Chpt 17
- I looked at the Exhorter.†
Chpt 17
- I was glad to be out of the dark and away from that exhorting voice.†
Chpt 17exhorting = urging strongly
- But who had sent it-Ras the Exhorter?†
Chpt 18
- But you know and I know that they ain't none of 'em got no true flag-except maybe Ras the Exhorter, and he claims he's Ethiopian or African.†
Chpt 18
- On the other hand, Ras the Exhorter and his gang of racist gangsters are taking advantage of this and are increasing their agitation.†
Chpt 19
- Did it have any connection with Ras the Exhorter?†
Chpt 19
- Nor had there been any clashes with Ras the Exhorter-although in the past week he had been increasingly active.†
Chpt 20
- Little groups were all along the street, and I moved with increasing speed until suddenly I had reached Seventh Avenue, and there beneath a street lamp with the largest crowd around him was Ras the Exhorter-the last man in the world I wanted to see.†
Chpt 23
- The Exhorter leaned down, pointing at me, beneath the green traffic light.†
Chpt 23
- The Exhorter waved his arms and pointed, shouting, "That mahn is a paid stooge of the white enslaver!†
Chpt 23
- Ahead I could hear the Exhorter barking harshly to the crowd.†
Chpt 23
- The Exhorter gestured violently, blasting the Brotherhood.†
Chpt 23
- It is time Ras the Exhorter become Ras the DESTROYER!†
Chpt 23
- I hugged my brief case, backing away, and ran ....THEY moved in a tight-knit order, carrying sticks and clubs, shotguns and rifles, led by Ras the Exhorter become Ras the Destroyer upon a great black horse.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
to urge strongly