Urging
[ɜːdʒɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urge
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- See another reason for urging it on! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She too had begun to think this an opportunity for urging on Tertius what he ought to do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dejah Thoris stood as close to it as she could, whispering words of hope and courage to me, and urging me to save myself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He was urging his son to marry my daughter with as little regard for what she might think as if she were a slut from off the streets. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jingle's voice could be plainly heard, even above the din of the wheels, urging on the boys. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- An uncontrollable impulse was urging her to put her case to this man, from whose curiosity she had always so fiercely defended herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There are deeper reasons for urging a break-up of herd-politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mrs. Pryor stood near, vainly urging her to rise and dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I beg your pardon, it is the literal truth: he asked me more than once, and was as stiff about urging his point as ever you could be. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All the time, there was something in her urging her to avoid the final establishing of a relationship with Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As fast as he went, however, I was still beside him, urging him on to greater speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were urging the Pussum to something. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Solomon