How to Use exhortation in a Sentence

exhortation

noun

• Not all Democrats were swayed by those kind of exhortations.
  — Emily Cadei, sacbee, 12 Jan. 2018
• At the bottom of each press release was a phone number and the exhortation join us!
  — Aris Roussinos, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Charles’ exhortations drown out all the other sounds in the tunnel.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Here’s Slate with an exhortation urging victims of the breach to go claim what’s theirs.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 27 July 2019
• Not to mention the shot glass bearing his exhortation to enivrez-vous sans cesse!
  — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
• This kind of exhortation is as vague and bombastic as old calls for regime change in Iraq.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
• Biden's exhortation was less a reach for the stars above than an effort to help the nation regain its footing on the ground.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2021
• Smits has taken to heart those exhortations, to take advantage of his size across the board.
  — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2018
• From the ether came a voice with an erotic tale replete with moaning and exhortations.
  — Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
• Those cautions were treated like a parental exhortation to their kids to get off TikTok and brush their teeth.
  — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 10 May 2020
• The birds were pecking away at the seeds scattered inside their pen, oblivious to the exhortations of the patrons all around them.
  — Tim Carman and Fritz Hahn, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
• Nowhere were the exhortations more pronounced than in the Florida Keys, which could take a direct hit.
  — Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• The ad just stuck to King's exhortation to become great by serving others.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• The man who made that Ted Lasso-style exhortation went down to defeat on Tuesday.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2022
• Every exhortation on the pitch is meaningful, and everyone in the stands cannot say a word.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• When Houston batters get to two strikes, for instance, the dugout comes alive with exhortations to extend the at-bat further.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 21 June 2017
• The verses are frequently read as Jesus’s exhortation to care for the poor, sick, and marginalized.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 29 Oct. 2018
• The profiles start with a propulsive bang: Tony the cabbie, a fan favorite, and his rough-and-tumble Cockney exhortations.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019
• But the exhortation to taste without eating is a chef’s form of narcissism.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
• That’s not exactly the makings of a punchy, call-and-response exhortation.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020
• The exhortation overlooked the fact that back in 1776, African Americans were enslaved.
  — Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
• The sharp smell of chlorine was the first to hit my senses, then splashing, music and the exhortation of a coach motivating his swimmers.
  — Sara Clarkson, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
• But those exhortations don’t seem to have quelled the backroom infighting.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 17 Apr. 2017
• His exhortation fell on deaf ears amid the din of rallying cries, which by then included false reports of Tusken’s death.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• Perhaps more than anything else, what has sucked all of the joy out of the social internet in its current form is its exhortation to be useful.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 May 2018
• Above the jeers, Ms. DeVos delivered the standard exhortation to graduates to live a life of service, with courage and grace in the spirit of their school’s namesake.
  — Erica L. Green, New York Times, 10 May 2017
• But there's a limit to what can be accomplished by exhortation.
  — Samuel Goldman, Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
• The jokes were followed all evening by strong exhortations toward activism.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 20 June 2017
• But Nancy’s exhortation to writers was more than just a statement of faith in their influence.
  — Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023
• Southlake Carroll coach Riley Dodge began his post-game speech to his team with a full-throated one-word exhortation.
  — Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024