as in urged
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world
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Recent Examples of exhorted
Other lyrics, like one in which Blow exhorted a girl in brown to stop messin’ around, bore the stamp of the rapper himself.
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David Kamp, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
In the old days, children were exhorted to be good because God sees all.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Pulte has lambasted Fed chair Powell in social media posts and television interviews, called for lower short-term interest rates, and exhorted Congress to probe the Fed over a cost overrun.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Inspired by the financial and professional assistance, Cenedella exhorted the 30 people in the audience to accept the challenge of working to improve their community.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
David Kamp, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
In the old days, children were exhorted to be good because God sees all.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
Johnson exhorted at a Labor Day workers rally.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Pulte has lambasted Fed chair Powell in social media posts and television interviews, called for lower short-term interest rates, and exhorted Congress to probe the Fed over a cost overrun.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Inspired by the financial and professional assistance, Cenedella exhorted the 30 people in the audience to accept the challenge of working to improve their community.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhorted
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Spirit’s unionized pilots have publicly urged the airline’s major lenders to back the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, warning liquidation would severely impact the local economy.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026
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Since September, the authority had urged Maersk to make a return to the waterway as part of a wider appeal to the industry to being traffic back to the canal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Jan. 2026
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But Flint encouraged people to attend the commissioners’ court meeting and speak against the Comanche Circle proposal.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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All retailers are being encouraged to honor customer claims.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Exhorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhorted. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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