Ignoring his importuning, she examined it under the light of her flash.

"But you'd see your wife left alone, vulnerable to the importuning of any man who wishes to insult her!"

The move to Kampala limited the importuning of the kinfolk.

The legislators respond mainly to the importuning of lobbyists who control campaign contributions, not the public.

No importuning will cause those parents to reduce the size of their families; they would suffer if they did.

In general it's a good idea, particularly if a gobbling tom is responding, to keep your importuning to a minimum.

At length she gave in from sheer loathing of the continued and hateful importuning.

He declined to serve as Attorney General, despite Johnson's importuning.

It might have been true once - and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh's importuning.

A government that cannot resist the importuning of any special interest or union, that lacks both the will and the talent to reform itself.

The drive back to her house in the hansom cab, his importuning, her fear that she might yield.

If I had a few copper coins I would give them to you in order to rid myself of your importuning.

Ms. Bello said she had to fight for the role with a videotape audition and urgent importuning.

I divined the importuning of his old habit to greet his team with the yell that had made him famous.

And please excuse this importuning.

She ignored his importuning, and headed down a flight of stairs, which led off the other side of the patio, down onto the beach.

"Your piteous importuning has delayed us."

Russian authorities approved a visit by Mr. Collins to Krasnoyarsk-26 and, after some importuning, allowed him to bring his interpreter.

He resists repertory he considers premature, despite the importuning of impresarios; hence no Wagner to speak of thus far.

Anne's initial revulsion at Richard's importuning is thus designed to mirror the presumed sentiments of an audience that was perfectly aware of the ruse.

Wolfgang, a grandson of the composer, is the director of the festival, which is now managed by a foundation that protects him from the importuning of his family.

If a mere nurse had insisted that she eat, Agnes would not have been persuaded, but she couldn't hold out against the insistent importuning of one special seamstress.

The importuning of Senate Democrats, waiting desperately for Wilson to release them to vote for the treaty "with reservations" rather than let it die, fell on deaf ears.

When approached by Ang Katotohanan, Nicolas Zamora accepted the leadership against the advice and importuning of the Americans.

His importuning and his threatening and his pathetic skills on the wind boat...." Quietly, Leskit said, "Because he was my friend.

He went to a few friends and importuned them on behalf of the public.

I cannot imagine you importuning a woman for her favor.

You want to be left alone and not importuned for a dollar a dozen times a day.

Any other young woman present would have been importuned beyond her powers of resistance.

"Leave your bodies without these gates," they importuned the young.

It's like being importuned by carnies while on your way to church.

But when he importuned me to come to his workshop, I had to refuse for want of time.

They knew better than anyone that it was no use importuning a visitor for seconds.

He importuned me to tell him what it was.

Never importuned me for a thing, did that wonderful woman."

There was nothing to do now but to go on, so she importuned Naomi with prayers.

Must we be importuned by instruments that urge us to spend more?

"He used to visit me, importuning my help in one mad plan or another.

No wonder he importuned me on every possible occasion to let him visit this apartment again.

From this positron of marital power she had importuned her husband.

Frequently have I importuned him before whom you will appear to explain to me the meaning of the scene.

I seemed to decline it a while, but suffered myself to be importuned a little, and then yielded.

On the other side, a dozen reporters importuned every passing ambassador to speak to them.

So much for people importuning the standard of my merchandise!'

Ed told me to sit with my back against a tree while he importuned the gobbler.

Because the fish had been pricked by my fly, there was no point in importuning it further.

I was much flattered by his civilities, but they sometimes importuned me.

In 1961 he was arrested for importuning and spent a week in prison.

Regularly she importuned me to come to these gatherings.

I must beg, therefore, to be importuned no farther on the subject."