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urging

/ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. urgent
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"He was white with rage, and, indeed, I felt myself in so difficult a position that I could only stammer out a few incoherent apologies, in which I tried to excuse myself by urging my anxiety for my friend.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 14 · B2
The sailors did not require much urging.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 251 · C1
“Or kill yourself!” said Eugénie (in a tone which a Vestal in the amphitheatre would have used, when urging the victorious gladiator to finish his vanquished adversary).
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 988 · C1

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