exhort

Example Sentences

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Official propaganda exhorted citizens to face their lives and their duty to the Fatherland with endurance and perseverance.

From The Wall Street Journal

During a commercial break at last year’s Oscars, he got up onstage and exhorted the crowd to get up and dance as a toast to Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Then Becket’s mom dies, too, but not before exhorting him to make sure he lives “the right kind of life.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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