as in urges
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world
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Recent Examples of exhorts
On her deathbed, Mary exhorts her son to take advantage of this situation in grotesquely self-serving terms at odds with the movie’s overall soak-the-rich ethos.
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
There is also a growing rhetoric that exhorts the virtues of blue-collar labor.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
There is also a growing rhetoric that exhorts the virtues of blue-collar labor.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhorts
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Festivalgoer Jim Strait urges fans to take the sun seriously, as well.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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The League of Women Voters urges our legislators to reject any attempt to redraw legislative or congressional maps before the 2030 census.—
Allyson Meyers,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Sustainable Ihram Initiative also complements other efforts by the fashion commission, such as the Swap Shop program, which encourages consumers to exchange unwanted clothes rather than discarding them.—
FMG Studios,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Mouth tape encourages nasal breathing and may reduce snoring.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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“Exhorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhorts. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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