importuning

present participle of importune

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for importuning
Verb
  • As summer winds down and your strands have endured heatwaves, pool days, and sweaty workouts, your curls might be begging for a break.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
  • If anything, people were begging me to stop.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With that and five other Florida Bar cases over her head, Hufnagel cut the professional rope, petitioning for disciplinary revocation.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of postdoctoral scholars and research associates at Northwestern University voted to unionize this week, nearly two months after petitioning school officials.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Importuning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/importuning. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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