Sentence examples for importuned from inspiring English sources
In an attempt to avoid such a fate, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, has cast dignity aside and importuned all and sundry with a request to be invited to a conference on November 15th to discuss reforms to the international financial system.
Old friends were importuned for dirt.
When the first President of his acquaintance, Harry Truman, shunned him at a 1952 crusade in Washington, dismissing him as just another religious huckster, Graham importuned him (unsuccessfully) with flattering pleas.
Berenson, now in his seventies, took a very dim view of being importuned, especially about this painting, which he was on record as having pronounced early Titian.
He sent large amounts to total strangers who importuned him in the mail.
There are states where governors have resigned (New York again) or are being importuned to resign (South Carolina) on account of carnal or romantic embarrassments.
On Twitter, Mr Grillo called Mr Bersani "a political stalker" who was "importuning the M5S with indecent proposals".
For now, though, the LSE is prompting suitors to seek matches elsewhere and importune it no more.
Mr Gadd, who has spent time in a British prison for possessing child pornography, was expelled by Cambodia in 2002 after allegations of importuning for sex.
According to recent research by musicologist Dieter Schickling and novelist Helmut Krausser, the situation was rescued when Corinna's father was convicted for importuning and exposing himself to an underage girl.
Thus, while the Judenräte used tactics such as bribery, postponement, importuning, and appeasement to secure work permits for as many residents as possible, only a specified number of work permits were available and decisions were required.
