Synonyms for urging
urg·ing

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1. goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun

   a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

   "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, importunity, urgency, goad, acantha, spine, branch line, spur

2. urgingnoun

   the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging

   Synonyms:
   goading, spurring, prod, prodding, importunity, urgency, goad, spur

3. importunity, urgency, urgingnoun

   insistent solicitation and entreaty

   "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

   Synonyms:
   goading, spurring, prod, goad, importunity, urgency, prodding, spur

Matched Categories

1. • Advocacy
   • Encouragement
   • Solicitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "urging":

   urged, urge, urges, calling, exhorting

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How to use urging in a sentence?

1. D. H. Lawrence:

   Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.

2. Paul Brean:

   We've identified a very vast space that we believe we can adequately accommodate a high amount of people and they will be urging people to social distance at the event and also wear face masks.

3. Human Rights Campaign:

   We have been urging Google to remove this app because it is life-threatening to LGBTQ youth and also clearly violates the companys own standards, amazon, Apple and Microsoft have taken action to remove the app from their platforms, but so far Google has refused despite our warnings about the dangers.

4. Andy Beshear:

   We are urging Kentuckians to stay off the roads if possible. The weather we are continuing to see across Kentucky is dangerous.

5. Niko Bowie:

   I see this ad as no different from an amicus brief urging Anthony Michael Kreis how to vote in a particular case, except Anthony Michael Kreis decision whether to retire is far more consequential than a single vote.