Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Gray (1716-1771), English poet.]
I importune you to help them. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Indeed, perhaps she had even dared to importune him. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
(Antonio) Nor need'st thou much importune me to that. From Wordnik.com. [English Travellers of the Renaissance] Reference
But I didn't importune or invite other people to do it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2001] Reference
Scipio! reply'd Cordiala, cease to importune me on this. From Wordnik.com. [Exilius] Reference
Therefore cease, I say, to importune me on this Subject. From Wordnik.com. [Exilius] Reference
‘To importune the wise out of season is to invite calamity.’. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
Now I need to send these out to people I mean to importune for blurbs. From Wordnik.com. [I hate you. Where's my snowpocalypse?] Reference
He will importune those present to hear his version of the event unusual. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
I often importune the favour of Fortune, that no misadventure may cross us. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittulae, Random Verses] Reference
It would be my care to staunch your wounds, and my prayers should importune. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Two Brides] Reference
It was frustrating to continue to importune Philip, but she dared not cross him. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Aristophanes, he saith, is importune, theatric, and sordid in his expression; but. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
Of course you are forbidden to importune Mademoiselle Prieur or to question anyone about her. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret on the Defensive]
And for seven days the Shah stood in the presence of Ormuzd, neither did he weary to importune. From Wordnik.com. [The Epic of Kings] Reference
Si quis longius moretur in iis, aut nimis frequenter, aut importune utatur, humores putrefacit. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
In this quarrelling figure we once plaid this merry Epigrame of an importune and shrewd wife, thus. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
Usually, it is the girls who voluntarily provide service and even actively importune the customers. From Wordnik.com. [Teen Prostitute Ring Sparks Outrage in China] Reference
Did he understand all those mysterious murmurs which warn or importune the spirit at certain moments of life?. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
I reckon to be costly, not them alone which charge the purse, but which are wearisome, and importune in suits. From Wordnik.com. [The Essays] Reference
So much did their stepfather importune them, that they were compelled to take refuge with their aunt at Huesca. From Wordnik.com. [10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002] Reference
He did not cease to importune the police chiefs and to haunt the public places for a glimpse of his niece's face. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 6] Reference
"It would be better -- because of the invitation," he said slowly, hesitantly, with the air of one who does not wish to importune. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
We will add this in general, touching the affection of envy; that of all other affections, it is the most importune and continual. From Wordnik.com. [The Essays] Reference
Egypt to Darfour, and Sherifs from the Hedjaz, whose object it is to importune the chiefs for presents, occasionally come this way. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Nubia] Reference
These reported the importune circumstances in which a comrade lost his life. he was a young comrade, working in the commercial office. From Wordnik.com. [SECOND UJC CONGRESS] Reference
But to the sexton he is a perfect pest, for if a grave be made during his absence he will importune until he get the name of the departed. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
"Cease, Miles, and do not importune me in a matter wherein the impulses of my heart make me but too ready to forget the suggestions of prudence.". From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
One or two of the men began to importune me to go; and when I refused, began to grumble, and say they were not under my command, and they would go. From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe]
They simply want to scream racism and blather about the civil rights of non-citizens and see the law as an opportunity to importune for their point of view. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Arizona Law is Much Worse than the Federal Law It is Supposedly Based On] Reference
I do not know if I be mistaken; but I must own that this was the peculiar reason why I did not importune you upon the subject, for fear of making you uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
We didn't understand, some of the bishops say now about the pedophiles among them, moved from parish to parish, with fresh choirboys to importune and then hush. From Wordnik.com. [Patent Leather, Impure Thoughts] Reference
= It's all over! des haricots = nothing at all or a very small amount courir sur le haricot (to run on someone's bean) = to importune; to get on someone's nerves. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
Around the time ofLast Tango'srelease, waitstaff in restaurants began to importune customers by announcing their first names — the waitstaff's, that is, not the patrons. From Wordnik.com. [Last Tango at Quiznos] Reference
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