URGE in a Sentence
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221 example sentences for URGE, such as:
1. He controlled the urge to laugh.
2. I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
3. He has an urge to become a film star.
4. I had an uncontrollable urge to laugh.
5. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
2. I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
3. He has an urge to become a film star.
4. I had an uncontrollable urge to laugh.
5. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
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Meanings and Examples of URGE
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urge
n. a strong restless desire
v. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1 He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side as he crouched there on the floor.
2 Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" or something similar.
3 Yet we urge it on, mindless and infatuate, and plant the ill-ominous thing in our hallowed citadel.
4 So spoke he and stayed his steps, marking what they signify, whither they urge their way.
5 I would urge it on my son, did not the mixture of blood by his Sabellian mother make this half his native land.
6 They steer to sea; one might think that the Cyclades were uptorn and floated on the main, or that lofty mountains clashed with mountains, so mightily do their crews urge on the turreted ships.
7 Do not, ah, do not urge me to such battles.
8 She laid the whip on the tired horse's back and tried to urge him on while the waggling wheels rocked them drunkenly from side to side.
9 Her appetite never dulled, for whenever she remembered the everlasting goobers and dried peas and sweet potatoes at Tara, she felt an urge to gorge herself anew of Creole dishes.
10 You hear, Heyward, and delicacy at least should urge you to retire.
11 He would then come out fresh in the evening, ready to urge us on with his words, example, and frequently with the whip.
12 St. Clare opened his eyes, and looked fixedly on the distressed beings, whom Miss Ophelia and the doctor were trying to urge from the apartment.
13 Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
14 All alike, they clustered themselves down on the eggs in the soft nestling ponderosity of the female urge, the female nature, fluffing out their feathers.
15 "Do not urge her, madam," said Edmund.
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1 The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
2 The board hopes the Federal Aviation Administration will urge the airlines to adopt such measures.
3 He felt pleasantly drowsy and had to fight off the urge to sleep.
4 I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
5 He controlled the urge to laugh.
6 I had an uncontrollable urge to laugh.
7 We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people's safety.
8 First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.
9 He has an urge to become a film star.
10 When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble.
11 The main headlines in the Iraqi newspapers ignore the inspectors' return, but editorials urge the UN to be independent and impartial.
12 These changes urge his supports to intensity like madness.
13 And, of course, that urge to garner is one way in which power ultimately corrupts.
14 In well managed private business which must pay dividends, the urge is always to keep personnel at a minimum.
15 The nation was urged to pull together to avoid a slide into complete chaos.