Get to know Urging better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like goad or urgency.
Urging meaning
present participle and gerund of urge
Synonyms of Urging
Using Urging
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of urge
- Useful related words include: goad, urgency, importunity, protagonism.
- In the example corpus, urging often appears in combinations such as: is urging, urging the, are urging.
Context around Urging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Urging
- In this selection, "urging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alekseyevich, apc, court, boyfriend, mironenko and others stand out and add context to how "urging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a resolution urging israel to, accused of urging boyfriend s, urging people and urging anyone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "urging" sits close to words such as files, handful and trips, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with urging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ambulance Victoria urging locals to never leave someone in a locked. (11 words)
And those “goodnight” wishes prompted by her mother’s urging leave her with a vivid memory. (16 words)
A migrant emergency hotline is urging European authorities to rescue 29 people in distress in Maltese waters. (17 words)
Woman accused of urging boyfriend's suicide via text pleads not guiltyInyoung You, the 21-year-old woman accused of urging her boyfriend Alexander Urtula to kill himself via text, pleaded not guilty in Boston court Friday. (37 words)
I made a phone call to Aleksandr Alekseyevich, urging him to take radical measures; I needn't have called because even without my urging Mironenko was giving his C-in-C a hard time. (34 words)
A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party lashes out at President Isaac Herzog for his speech urging a compromise to the government’s plans for upending the judicial system. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Woman accused of urging boyfriend's suicide via text pleads not guiltyInyoung You, the 21-year-old woman accused of urging her boyfriend Alexander Urtula to kill himself via text, pleaded not guilty in Boston court Friday.
I made a phone call to Aleksandr Alekseyevich, urging him to take radical measures; I needn't have called because even without my urging Mironenko was giving his C-in-C a hard time.
A cancer survivor from Prestwich is urging others to join her next month in an illuminating night-time walk for Cancer Research UK.
A consumers’ advocacy group is urging President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to include two and three-wheel vehicles in an executive order granting tax incentives to electric vehicles.
Adamu insisted that the state is APC, urging members to remain committed and vote for APC for all the elective positions.
A few farmers had approached the High Court, urging it to direct the government to do away with 22(A).
After it emerged hospitals had failed to regularly replace essential ureteric stents, Susan’s family is urging other patients to chase replacement appointments and get checked out.
After listening to John's music at Kanye's urging, the Ordinary People singer ends up walking into the studio.
A Harrogate bar is urging customers to ‘treat themselves like royalty’ this weekend with two specially prepared cocktails to celebrate the Coronation.
A high PSA - prostate specific antigen - level is a key symptom of prostate cancer, and Maurice is urging men like him to get themselves checked.
A Liberal candidate in the election was spotted awkwardly campaigning across the road from his own mother who was urging people to vote for the Greens.
All three lawmakers in Alaska’s bipartisan congressional delegation met with President Joe Biden and his senior advisers on March 3, urging the president and his administration to approve the project.
A march in downtown Detroit, one of several cities to have passed a resolution urging Israel to stop shelling Gaza.
Ambulance Victoria urging locals to never leave someone in a locked.
A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party lashes out at President Isaac Herzog for his speech urging a compromise to the government’s plans for upending the judicial system.
Amidst this crisis, authorities are also urging wildfire tourists and drone operators to stay away to ensure the safety of emergency responders and aircraft engaged in firefighting efforts.
A migrant emergency hotline is urging European authorities to rescue 29 people in distress in Maltese waters.
Among the plaintiffs challenging N.C. election maps, only Common Cause definitively urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to dismiss the case.
And he is urging every man over 50 to speak to their doctor about having regular PSA tests.
And those “goodnight” wishes prompted by her mother’s urging leave her with a vivid memory.
Phrases with urging
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with urging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is urging 40×
- urging the 38×
- are urging 32×
- urging them 17×
- urging people 16×
- urging her 8×
- urging other 8×
- urging anyone 7×
- urging it 6×
- been urging 6×