importunate

Example Sentences

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Far from brutal mercenaries, the fighters are portrayed as heroes, going beyond the call of duty to help importunate countries fend off chaos agents often linked to the West, which is held in disdain.

From Los Angeles Times

On the face of it, they satisfied an importunate US last week by banning the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei from doing business in Britain.

From The Guardian

As Emma’s plans stutter forward and amusingly slip off course, the filmmakers’ mild interventions feel less forced, more organic; even a seductive dance and an importunate nosebleed end up working nicely.

From New York Times

The Danes raised what was perhaps the biggest cheer of the year when they bluntly told Donald Trump where he could put his importunate bid to “buy” Greenland.

From The Guardian

It seems apt that in the play’s first scene, set at 6 a.m. in Lagos, Nigeria, an importunate young customer asks the barber he’s so rudely awakened to give him an “aerodynamic” cut.

From New York Times