Which preposition to use with urgent

in Occurrences 27%

But Harold's mother was urgent in her lamentations and her prayers; the Conqueror relented: like Achilles, he gave up the dead body of his fallen foe to a parent's supplications, and the remains of King Harold were deposited with regal honors in Waltham Abbey.

for Occurrences 14%

He is very urgent for her company at a collation he is to give to four of his select friends, and Miss Partington.

than Occurrences 12%

The necessity for such aid had lately become more urgent than ever, for a party of their untiring enemies, the Nausetts, had very recently invaded the enclosure within which lay the loved remains of all who bad perished since their arrival in America.

with Occurrences 9%

But he being urgent with her to exchange a vow of love with him that night, she said that she already had given him hers before he requested it; meaning, when he overheard her confession; but she would retract what she then bestowed, for the pleasure of giving it again, for her bounty was as infinite as the sea, and her love as deep.

to Occurrences 5%

Johnnie was too urgent to long delay.

of Occurrences 4%

There was an unwritten law at the Vicarage that save for the most urgent of reasons he should never be interrupted at this hour.

within Occurrences 2%

" Mahomet stepped forward into the circle of their glances, and with the solemnity of the occasion urgent within him recited to them verses of the Kuran, whose fire and eloquence kindled those passionate souls into an enthusiasm glowing with a sombre resolve, and prompted them to stake all upon their enterprise.

as Occurrences 2%

Again, he says, New thoughts are urgent as the growth of wings.

on Occurrences 2%

I am urgent on this point, because on the right conception of the same, namely, that understanding and sense (to which the sensibility supplies the material of outness, 'materiam objectivam',) constitute the natural mind of man, depends the comprehension of St. Paul's whole theological system.

beyond Occurrences 1%

"The need is urgent beyond measure."

about Occurrences 1%

In December I am still very urgent about the geodesy.

between Occurrences 1%

Meanwhile matters were becoming urgent between the Muslim and the Jews.

at Occurrences 1%

My wants are urgent at this moment, and I have little time to lose in wordsname thy conditions.

above Occurrences 1%

The forward signaler replied that he also had several messages, and one in particular was urgent above all others.

by Occurrences 1%

But, being ever too irresolute and too weak to keep his engagements to his subjects' detriment no less than to stand out against his adversaries' requirements, he was continually falling back into the same condition, and keeping off attacks which were more and more urgent by promises which always remained without effect.

Which preposition to use with  urgent