importune Sentence Examples
- The persistent salesman importuned customers to purchase his wares.
- Don't importune your friend with constant requests for favors.
- The beggar importuned passersby for spare change.
- The child importuned her parents to buy her a new toy.
- He importuned his boss for a promotion, despite his lack of experience.
- The politician importuned voters to support his candidacy.
- The salesperson importuned the customer to buy a specific product.
- The needy woman importuned strangers for food and shelter.
- The landlord importuned the tenant to pay the overdue rent.
- The charity worker importuned the public to donate to a worthy cause.
importune Meaning
importune (v)
beg persistently and urgently
importune (a.)
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
To import; to signify.
importune (v. i.)
To require; to demand.
Synonyms & Antonyms of importune
FAQs About the word importune
beg persistently and urgentlyTo request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tea
petition,beg, supplicate, call on, solicit, ask, pray, besiege, beseech, plead (to)
appease, hint,imply, gratify, gratify, hint, suggest, please, appease, imply
The persistent salesman importuned customers to purchase his wares.
Don't importune your friend with constant requests for favors.
The beggar importuned passersby for spare change.
The child importuned her parents to buy her a new toy.
