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How to use importunity in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word importunity? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
His comments were widely interpreted as a warning to Zardari not to submit to the American importunity.
They endeavoured by persuasion, importunity and fraud to lure their colleagues into their religious movement.
There are people who put it off until the force of circumstances or the importunity of relatives makes them go.
He makes many attempts to be admitted, and wearies the doorkeeper by his importunity.
Mr. Simpson is under the impression that by being out of the way of being called upon, he saves a great deal of importunity and some expense to the Government.
The situations generally involved fatherly importunity or condescension.
Worse still, Edward falls so under the tyranny of his passion that he uses his great authority over the earl of Warwick to suggest that he prevail upon his daughter to give in to royal importunity.
The acquisition of this precious pearl and infinite treasure requires from us a holy importunity in praying to God, without which we shall not obtain it.
Examples from Classical Literature
Confusion was but food for his smiles, importunity but increased his suavity.
That was importunity, that would rather die than not have his people given him.
In the former you have the importunity that claims and receives an immediate answer.
But he persevered in his request, and wrung from him by his importunity what his deserts could not get.
Never was seen such patience and importunity as that displayed by boy and beast.
You will pardon my importunity in favor of the sentiment which dictated it.
The poor woman would not quit the floor, even when, in despondence, she gave over her kneeling importunity.
Consider all the pains that were taken to disunite you, and the importunity he suffered from his family.
Palmer, though treating their apprehensions as idle, found the anxiety and importunity of his wife too great to be withstood.
As an intercessor Moses used importunity with God, and prevailed.
He was moved to action by the desire to escape the woman's importunity.
Wearied by his importunity, Lady Newburgh at last forbade him the house.
He was angry with her importunity and would have answered sternly.
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