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How to use exhort in a sentence

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Exhort means to urge; to advise earnestly. Example: “Finally, I would again exhort all railway photographers to concentrate on the older and disappearing types of engines, many of which will not be with us much longer.”

Examples of exhort by meaning

verbTo urge; to advise earnestly.

  • Finally, I would again exhort all railway photographers to concentrate on the older and disappearing types of engines, many of which will not be with us much longer.1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78
  • Perhaps because he was determined to make up for having walked out on them, perhaps because Harry’s descent into listlessness galvanized his dormant leadership qualities, Ron was the one now encouraging and exhorting the other two into action.2007 July 21, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter; 7), London: Bloomsbury...

More sentences with exhort

  • Reverend, that gangly drink of water can surely exhort almost as good as you.2011, Claude W. Keenam, The Jungle of Fear: A Reverend Alabaster Armstrong Mystery, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry gangly drink of water
  • Peeble shoved and exhorted and two end seats emerged upon which Enid and Malone perched themselves.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no.…. From the entry perch
  • Collectivity was treated as an end in itself: We were here, as ruangrupa exhorted us, to “Make friends, not art!”2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry collectivity
  • “Drink!” he exhorted us, picking up his glass and draining it with a quick tilt of the head.2004, Jenny Siler, chapter 26, in Flashback, New York, N.Y.: John Macrae, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry shotglass
  • All genuine lovers of pictorial art are earnestly exhorted to miss no available opportunity of visiting the Nevinson show at the Leicester Gallery.1919 October 29, “[London Letter: Westminster, Tuesday Night.] Artist and Humourist.”, in The Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, volume…. From the entry craftly
  • Eager for “round two,” a member of Israel’s regional council adjoining Gaza exhorted the military that next time they should “flatten Gaza into a parking lot, destroy them.”2018, Norman G. Finkelstein, Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry parking lot
  • The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject as exhorted by Michael Warner, David Halperin, and Lee Edelman.2009 September 10, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry abjection
  • Let there be any industrial trouble of any kind, and down upon the district swoop dozens of fussy futilitarians, to argue, exhort, bully, and agitate generally.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry futilitarian

Meaning of exhort

  1. verb To urge; to advise earnestly.

Full definition of exhort

Questions about exhort in a sentence

How do you use exhort in a sentence?
Exhort is used as a verb. For example: “Finally, I would again exhort all railway photographers to concentrate on the older and disappearing types of engines, many of which will not be with us much longer.”
What is a short sentence with exhort?
“Reverend, that gangly drink of water can surely exhort almost as good as you.”
What does exhort mean?
Exhort means to urge; to advise earnestly.

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