ADJURE in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for ADJURE, such as:
1. Have no fear, Monsieur Pontmercy, I adjure you.
2. OH, LILY, DO GO SLOWLY, her friend adjured her.
3. I adjure you to tell the truth before this court.
4. The criminal tried to adjure to the court for mercy.
5. Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence.
2. OH, LILY, DO GO SLOWLY, her friend adjured her.
3. I adjure you to tell the truth before this court.
4. The criminal tried to adjure to the court for mercy.
5. Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence.
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Meanings and Examples of ADJURE
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adjure
v. appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
Classic Sentence:
1 Have no fear, Monsieur Pontmercy, I adjure you.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
2 Let us adjure him, in the name of the God before whom he must perhaps appear, to speak the truth.
3 Comrade," said he, "I adjure you, as a Christian and a soldier, to tell me where we are going.
4 OH, LILY, DO GO SLOWLY, her friend adjured her.
5 Thus adjured, Lily turned her eyes on the spectacle which was affording Mr. Dorset such legitimate mirth.
6 Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence.
7 I called to Herbert and Startop to keep before the tide, that she might see us lying by for her, and I adjured Provis to sit quite still, wrapped in his cloak.
8 Kissing her again, he turned round, drew the coverlet over his head, and lay as still as if that time had come by which she had adjured him.
Example Sentence:
1 The criminal tried to adjure to the court for mercy.
2 I adjure you to tell the truth before this court.