How to Use urge in a Sentence

urge

1 of 2 verb

• A hand on her back urged her forward.
• The rescuers urged that we remain calm.
• I urge you to reconsider.
• He is continually urging reform.
• Smith urges Roye to move some things to the curb so they can be hauled away.
  — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• On the day of the groundbreaking, Peters took to the floor of the House to urge approval of the $310 million.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
• During the event, Harris urged states that haven’t passed red flag laws to do so.
  — Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
• Others urged Learner not to spend that much on a Big Mac.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 July 2023
• Lawyers for Trump have filed a brief in the Florida case urging the court to uphold the state law.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
• The shopkeeper urged her to push her officers to do their jobs.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Others called them stupid and unforgivable, and urged for a boycott of the movie.
  — Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• Ila Hendricks warned her brother of the heat wave before his trip, urging him to be safe.
  — Jillian Sykes, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
• The Kansas City Police Department said at 2:02 p.m. that shots had been fired and urged people to leave the area.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to eat them.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
• Blinken urged Netanyahu not to launch an Israeli operation in the city of Rafah.
  — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
• The ad then urges viewers to sign a petition supporting Clarke’s bill.
  — Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
• When in vitro fertilization began in the 1970s, scholars of some of the largest faiths urged caution.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• Ackman, at the time of that statement, urged the school to release the names of the students who signed it so that prospective employers could choose not to hire them.
  — Brian Bushard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Upbeat ideas and plans around lifestyle matters urge you to move forward by the 6th and 7th, and aspects on the 9th are all about daring to follow your heart.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023
• China’s special envoy to the Middle East urged Israel to restart peace talks on the basis of the two-state solution.
  — Clarence Leong, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
• As in other cases, the company urged the court to toss out the entire drug-pricing program.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• And while her daughter urges her to flee the country, Lydia has found a new purpose — driving people to safety.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• Patchy slick spots are possible on area roads and motorists are urged to travel with caution, NWQ said.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
• The agency at the time urged operators of these devices to update their software to address the issue.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
• Consumers with a peanut allergy who have purchased these products are urged to throw them away or returned them to the place of purchase.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 20 July 2023
• Jones urged Musk to watch out for radioactive isotopes being slipped into his food.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Some investors and stock analysts also had urged change.
  — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
• Behind the scenes, Lamy was constantly urging Owens to explore his gritty side.
  — Nick Haramis Ola Rindal Dogukan Nesanir, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The White House has not apologized for the post, as Wicker and Turner urged.
  — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• The caption urged Americans to call their senators and shared a sample script.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026

urge

2 of 2 noun

• He fought the urge to cry.
• That's when the urge came, and the urge was just very, very, very, strong.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• The first is to take a deep breath and resist the urge to panic.
  — Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
• Fight the urge to binge-watch Netflix all day in a dark room.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Resist the urge to remove the lid while the casserole cooks.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• As the first votes of the night come in, resist the urge to read too much into the numbers.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• Then the advice centers on fighting the urge to bet more in a small week of games.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• Seek to understand About to lay down the law or have the urge to raise your voice to get your point across?
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Oct. 2023
• The post workout cool-down is (almost) as easy to skip as the warm-up, but resist the urge!
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 15 Feb. 2023
• The urge not only to know but to catalogue and record runs deep in our species.
  — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
• Summer's still in full swing, and so is the urge to travel to Europe.
  — Rose Marie Walano, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2023
• The truth is that the urge to kill can come and go in a serial killer’s life due to many factors.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
• Resist the urge to stir while cooking, as this will break up the peaches.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
• But like a folksy ear worm, the urge to find it within this wilderness of rock might be hard to shake.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• Once the hair finally breaks free, resist the urge to pluck or shave it.
  — Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Learning to sit with and really feel those urges will pay off in the long run, too.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
• Resist the urge to dig or pick, and instead, treat it once a day with a mild toner.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Feb. 2023
• This option is the best bar stool for those who have the urge to switch up their home’s look every few months.
  — Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
• Don’t resist the urge to keep your feelings to yourself.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2023
• Many tourists don’t feel the urge to do much else beyond lazing on the sand and cooling off in the water.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
• The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
  — Andra Chantim, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• But resist the urge to turn up the speed, since a slow mix helps to develop a stronger gluten network.
  — Claire Saffitz, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Resist the urge to put it down and handle it later.
  — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
• With these first signs of spring comes the urge to shed all your winter layers and give your wardrobe a shakeup.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
• The urge to lie down for a soak, even in winter, is hard to resist.
  — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Resist the urge to scrub at your tiles, as this can case premature wear on the paint.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
• And with the dawn of spring comes the urge to change things up, just like nature does.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Feb. 2026
• The first step is to resist the urge to rescue.
  — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
• Resist the urge to try to treat the bird yourself—leave that job to the professionals.
  — Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026