exhortation
Example Sentences
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“The Speech or Debate Clause protects legislative acts—not press interviews, social media posts, or exhortations aimed at the public or the executive, and particularly not active-duty servicemembers,” the administration’s lawyers said.
The musicians' exhortation -- made on June 28 at the open-air festival held in southwest England -- led to the BBC saying it would no longer live-broadcast musical performances deemed "high risk".
From Barron's
She almost added, “Especially for ponies,” but she was not sure whether her exhortations to Rainbow while riding the velocipede had been overheard by Simon, so she omitted that detail for now.
From Literature
The times, then and now, the book implies, call for vehement exhortation.
“When you grow up in poverty, you grow up in survival mode,” she says in one of several direct exhortations to the audience.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
