Sentence examples for was exhorted to from inspiring English sources

In the 16th and 17th centuries particularly, every storm was strenuously analysed for its message and the nation was exhorted to repentence.

The audience was exhorted to do the Barbican-can-can - a hand waving dance - scream regularly at a narcoleptic Mediaeval squire and sing a song about eating bogies and stinking of poo.

Two years ago, Olenka Frenkiel, you see, was not only frozen out of the BBC after a 30-year career once she hit her fifties, but was exhorted to sign a confidentiality agreement with the corporation – a gagging order – to ensure she didn't talk about it.

She was right, and many of them were crammed into an extended finale: "Can You Feel It" (in which the crowd was exhorted to stand), "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," a tightly choreographed and thrilling "Billie Jean," and a cluttered, successfully overwhelming "Black and White".

And they are exhorted to be unwavering in finding ways to feed their child.

In chapters 12 26 laws are reiterated that the people are exhorted to obey.

Users are exhorted to "name them, shame them and if you must, praise them".

They are exhorted to inform on each other's deviant behaviour.

But if the union members favored Mr. Gore, they were exhorted to attend the caucuses.

For years, the Detroit auto industry has been exhorted to produce reliable fuel-efficient vehicles.

We are exhorted to self-improvement through bland panaceas like "raising aspiration" and "greater community cohesion".