After you have given your final decision to my importuning, there can be no further appeal.— Flamsted quarries
The Bishop refusing for many years to approve her rule, which was nevertheless an epitome of divine wisdom, she ceased importuning, and silently awaited the time appointed by Divine Providence.— Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois
Now and then a fresh explosion made the mob recoil, only to press close again, importuning, tragic, hopeless The casualty list ran high.— Dangerous Days
Their mail was being packed with importuning or threatening letters.— The Titan
Theodore Lyman, the Mayor, was standing on a barrel importuning the crowd to disperse.— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
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