List of antonyms from "implores" to antonyms from "impose penalty"


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Definition of the day : « importunate »

  • adj demanding, insistent
Example sentences :
  • She choked upon an importunate sob and dug nails into the palms of her hands.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • My dear fellow, the A B C of your craft is to dismiss the importunate.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Importunate seems to be used here in the sense of oppressive or overbearing.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • "It's too late now, Sonny," he said to the importunate child.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • What most annoyed the king at this time was the importunate demands of Lubeck.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • She prayed as they prayed to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so believing.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • His importunate correspondent had proposed to call for him in Newcastle that very day.
  • Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes
  • The sensations to which I allude, however, are of themselves   but too importunate.
  • Extract from : « Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford » by Edward Berens
  • Do not think me intrusive or importunate if I now call, dear sir, on you, to remember it!'
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • It was all I could do to keep the importunate beasts at a distance.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin