162 examples of importune in sentences

O impatient Rogerkin, bolt thy food, man, gulp swallow, and ask and importune my lord thyself!" "Not Inot I!"

I will importune thee no longer.

The bold swearer doth importune Him to hear, doth rouse Him to mark, doth brave Him to judge and punish his wickedness.

F. Your travail and your comfortable news: This ring, the certain sign you met with him: Binds me in duteous love unto your grace; But on my knees I fall, and humbly crave Importune that no more you ne'er can have.

I'faith, my lord, she's honourably resolv'd, For shame, no more; importune her no more. RICH.

The sea, the aire, the fire, the day, the night, And th'armies of their creatures, all and some*, Do serve to them, and with importune might 230 Warre against us, the vassals of their will.

Mr. Dacre did but lift his eyebrows again and say, 'As you will, madam,' and then begged she would sit down and finish eating; but she remained standing, and looked pitifully at Mrs. Golding; on which our aunt rose also, and I doing the same, 'You go to town to-day, I think you said?' questioned Mrs. Golding; 'we will therefore take our leave of you now, not to importune you further.

He could not play the assenter, and bow and importune: and sovereigns, however friendly they may have been before their elevation, go the way of most princely flesh when they have attained it.

And therefore, with that philosopher, still make answer to thy friends that importune thee to marry, adhuc intempestivum, 'tis yet unseasonable, and ever will be.

It was proposed to introduce them as strangers in distress, to whom the sage was always accessible; but, after some deliberation, it appeared, that by this artifice, no acquaintance could be formed, for their conversation would be short, and they could not decently importune him often.

Open your heart to the influence of the light, which, from time to time, breaks in upon you: when scruples importune you, which you, in your lucid moments know to be vain, do not stand to parley, but fly to business or to Pekuah, and keep this thought always prevalent, that you are only one atom of the mass of humanity, and have neither such virtue nor vice, as that you should be singled out for supernatural favours or afflictions.

Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art] On September 5, he again reverts to the universal plague of beggars in Italy: "In passing through the country you may not take notice of a pretty child or seem pleased with it; so soon as you do the mother will instantly importune you for 'qualche cosa' for the child.

aux habits noirs, au menton rasé, aux mains gantées, aux jambes maladroites, et ce roi de la société n'est plus qu'un accident ridicule, une tâche importune dans le tableau.

He did not cease to importune the police chiefs and to haunt the public places for a glimpse of his niece's face.

'Tis yours, I know, to draw at will Upon Futurity a bill, And Plutus to importune: Discount the billtake half yourself Give me the balance of the pelf.

His friends behind the scenes he did importune To speak his lines.

My own father heard him! Could gain so importune, With occasion opportune, That for a poor Fortune, That should have been ours, In soul he should venture To pierce the dim center, Where will-forgers enter Amid the dark Powers?

'Doctrine and discourse maketh nature less importune.'

Owing to special attractions at Blackfriars' Theatre, the stock of the Globe hath greatly declined in value, and I fear these four shares may not longer be salable at the price of even £60, and I therefore must importune that you forthwith do make a payment of £20 on your said bill, or the four shares of stock will be sold at public vendue.

I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the deaf old doctrines of the church.

The author does not here obtrude himself, does not importune us to admire his exquisitely compassionate nature; on the contrary, he at once amuses us and enlists our sympathies by that subtly humorous piece of self-analysis, in which he shows how large an admixture of curiosity was contained in his benevolence.

Dos signos de admiración ... "no tema usted que la importune, no...."

Por eso, Matilde, no tema usted que la importune con mis súplicas, ni la entristezca con el relato de mis padecimientos ...

"Sensible, et même ombrageux dans la société, sur les discours qui pouvaient avoir rapport à lui, il avait souvent le malheur de ne pouvoir cacher cette disposition, aussi importune pour lui que pour les autres; il la décelait quelquefois au point d'être vivement blessé de ce qu'on n'avait pas dit."

[130] FATIGUE, 'Importune' (Littré, 4°).'

162 examples of  importune  in sentences