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How to use importune in a sentence

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

Sentence Examples
At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.
Word of his fortune reaches Athens, and, as a variety of Athenians importune Timon again, he curses them and dies.
Contrast that with the way that Columbus, living in a Europe of competing nations, could importune king after king until he hit on someone to back his voyage over the ocean.
That may importune the administration to act, but if they don't, there's a strong move in Congress to do so.
We importune the government to change the bill and do what we ask in the name of public security.
For now, though, the LSE is prompting suitors to seek matches elsewhere and importune it no more.
As a matter of fact, may I say to my colleague Manitobans, now that Lloyd Axworthy is president of the local university, I would appreciate if you could importune him.
I was no longer sixteen, and I was determined never to importune her.
On Derek McLane's set, swathed in crumpled love letters, they scamper and dally, importune and betray, occasionally playing various string instruments.
The county health officer had come to Jene-Wonde to importune its leaders.
To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me.
Examples from Classical Literature
They began at once to importune ruddle about the interview and to pass remarks on the boy, who fled from them to his own room.
Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
I importune the Supreme Council for a post, a crust of bread, a home!
My mother had for some time ceased to importune my father about my return.
I intend to converse and argue and importune and insist and nag and nag.
I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church.
I was very curious to know what I had said or done to cause her so much perturbation a moment before and so I continued to importune her to enlighten me.
At last, seeing my unconquerable repugnance, he ceased to importune me.
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