importune

He went to a few friends and importuned them on behalf of the public.

I cannot imagine you importuning a woman for her favor.

You want to be left alone and not importuned for a dollar a dozen times a day.

Any other young woman present would have been importuned beyond her powers of resistance.

"Leave your bodies without these gates," they importuned the young.

It's like being importuned by carnies while on your way to church.

But when he importuned me to come to his workshop, I had to refuse for want of time.

They knew better than anyone that it was no use importuning a visitor for seconds.

He importuned me to tell him what it was.

Never importuned me for a thing, did that wonderful woman."

There was nothing to do now but to go on, so she importuned Naomi with prayers.

Must we be importuned by instruments that urge us to spend more?

"He used to visit me, importuning my help in one mad plan or another.

No wonder he importuned me on every possible occasion to let him visit this apartment again.

From this positron of marital power she had importuned her husband.

Frequently have I importuned him before whom you will appear to explain to me the meaning of the scene.

I seemed to decline it a while, but suffered myself to be importuned a little, and then yielded.

On the other side, a dozen reporters importuned every passing ambassador to speak to them.

So much for people importuning the standard of my merchandise!'

Ed told me to sit with my back against a tree while he importuned the gobbler.

Because the fish had been pricked by my fly, there was no point in importuning it further.

I was much flattered by his civilities, but they sometimes importuned me.

In 1961 he was arrested for importuning and spent a week in prison.

Regularly she importuned me to come to these gatherings.

I must beg, therefore, to be importuned no farther on the subject."