How to Use urge on in a Sentence

urge on

verb

• Trump had urged on Truth Social.
  — Susan Page, USA Today, 20 May 2026
• Still, officials urged on Tuesday night that danger to the public had been removed.
  — Austin Turner, CBS News, 27 May 2026
• Typically, this is when the Terrible Towels twirl and fans urge on their defense.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
• Not every war could boast of attacks like this, with no one needing to be urged on, everyone rushing forward, selflessly giving their all.
  — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
• Tens of thousands of gallons of fluid spilled from the open pit, urged on by heavy spring rains and unencumbered by an emergency pump disabled by a power failure.
  — Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
• Roman emperors, sometimes urged on by the crowd, were known to grant pardons (to criminals) and freedom (to the enslaved) after an especially noteworthy performance.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
• The Monster version of Adeline Watkins is not that at all, portrayed more as a Lady Macbeth urging on Ed’s monstrous ways.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
• Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles have these confident contestants shine with struts, sashays, splits, dips, duckwalks, vogueing and death-drops, each trying to outdo the other, urged on by a rapturous crowd.
  — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
• The Supreme Court was urged on Wednesday to restore a previous Missouri congressional map for the November election, after a messy legal fight over the past week in state and federal courts made its way back to the high court.
  — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2026
• Meanwhile, Homelander and Soldier Boy are also headed to Fort Harmony, though Homelander doesn’t realize Soldier Boy is actually working against him, urged on by some not-so-subtle hints from Sister Sage.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026