importuned in English

verb
1
ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something.
if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions

Use "importuned" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "importuned" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "importuned", or refer to the context using the word "importuned" in the English Dictionary.

1. I bombarded the War Office, and importuned the Red Cross; but all to no avail.

2. 11 In that case, the hostess of a club selling non-alcoholic beverages importuned three passers by.

3. At the youthful age of 22, even Joseph Smith forgot which way he faced when he repeatedly importuned the Lord to allow Martin Harris to borrow the 116 manuscript pages.