- present participle of urge.
urging
Example Sentences
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Less than a month later, the owners decided to reopen, largely at the urging of the workers — who, like so many others here, were left without jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The force is urging anyone who was at the pub between 22:00 and 23:00 on the night of the incident to contact them.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fifty police chiefs have signed a letter urging the prime minister to pursue "every legal option" to prevent the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
So they wrote a letter to Kushner saying they were locked in nearly two decades of court disputes with Shehu, urging the developers not to proceed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
At his urging, Silas Deane, a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, was sent to Paris in 1776 by the Committee of Secret Correspondence.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
