exhort

The chorus, which appears in the final movement to exhort us to cease trembling and prepare to live, proved its own inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

There was a time when he would commonly exhort Congress to pass border legislation:

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2024

Her story appeared in Chinese social media despite digital and human censors and prompted commentators to exhort national media to highlight the scandal.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

They will talk and they will exhort but Davos is about bringing people together, at least a certain class of people, and for now divisive pressures are strong.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

He would exhort her and he would tell her all that was in his heart and still she was gentle.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Touch them, he exhorts his readers; stain your fingers with their pollen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

On record, “Express Yourself” is a battering ram of industrial-funk encouragement; it exhorts the listener to create his or her own destiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

Around every bend are tiny rewards — a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

There’s nothing to do but try to ignore the nasty stuff soaking my foot and, as Ted exhorts us, work through it.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Until then, he exhorted his students to control their own destinies, likening AI personalization to the rudder on a sailboat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Speaking at Davos earlier, Zelensky exhorted Europe to do more to ensure its own security, saying: "Europe loves to discuss the future but avoids taking action".

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

Importantly, he exhorted artists to always remain true to themselves.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

Obviously reading from a prepared script, she exhorted Angelenos to help one another and expressed confidence that we would rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

According to Richard Bissell, pilots were "exhorted but not ordered" to use the pin if they were ever captured on Soviet soil.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Gildas, as Mr. Higham relates, likened post-Roman Britain to ancient Israel, exhorting his countrymen to “renew their compact with God and thereby recover His favor and, in consequence, their ancestral homeland.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Another man shouted on the phone, exhorting a family member to leave and that he would go in and take his stead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

She wound it up by exhorting everyone to put their efforts into electing Barack Obama:

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

And now, here she was - seemingly a middle-aged woman - exhorting Tamilians across the world to take forward the political struggle for their freedom.

From BBC ● May 15, 2024

Throughout the Farewell Address Washington had been exhorting Americans to think of themselves as a collective unit with a common destiny.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis