6 sentences with 'urging'

Example sentences and phrases with the word urging and other words derived from it.

« By the day of the execution, Wilder had received nearly 15,000 letters, faxed messages and phone calls urging him to save Coleman's life. »
« At the urging of his wife and close friends, Hawking was forced to give up his crutches in the late 1960s, and began to move around in a wheelchair. »
« Pontiac began assembling his coalition as early as 1761, urging the Indians to "drive [the Europeans] out and make war on them". »
« Pontiac echoed this idea at a meeting, urging the tribes to unite against the British: "It is important for us, my brethren, to exterminate from our lands this nation which seeks only to destroy us". »
« In newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies, they published article after article setting forth the reasons why the Stamp Act was unconstitutional and urging peaceful protest. »
« Many of those urging its annexation believed that Cuba should become part of the United States to prevent it from going the way of Haiti, with black slaves overthrowing their masters and creating another black republic, a prospect that horrified many in the United States. »
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