| She did not know how to defend herself from their importunities, insolence and exigencies. |
| To spare herself their importunities she insists that they wait until she has woven a shroud for Laertes, father of Odysseus. |
| She had found an adorer, and had apparently succumbed to his importunities. |
| She endeavored to escape his godship's importunities by flight. |
| And I would sit in the darkness unable to keep my mind off him by reason of his importunities. |
| Why had Plowden, by the way, been so keen about relieving her from her father's importunities? |
