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Examples of urged

urged

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

In consequence thereof being reduced to the most abject state of poverty (thro, want of employment) has urged me to make this application.
While it urged the maximization of palm oil exports, the colonial government gave little encouragement to the production of by-products of palm oil for export.
It was not so much, as he ceaselessly urged, that some people were living longer lives as that most people were living normal lives.
While he did not propose the elimination of local police, he urged that they be restricted to traffic, patrol, and property protection.
She urged people to resist falling into dichotomous thinking about the nature of independence.
While rural-urban comparisons will be important in future research, caution is urged in generalising from the findings summarised here.
Contrary to the assumptions of later critics, even latitudinarians urged frequent reception of the eucharist.
Some anarchists urged desertion, others sabotage from within the army.
But, he urged, ultimate reality deserves a much bigger canvas.
He urged state assistance in introducing a uniform cause-of-death classification and standardized statistics.
Teachers are being urged to embrace this paradigm, which focuses on learning by constructing meaning.
He urged the artist in pursuit of new dramatic expressions to experiment and employ, much like the scientist, the microscope and the telescope.
Examples (13) and (14) occur at a university committee meeting in which colleagues are urged to remind students that they are entitled to financial support.
The group then urged the state to launch a new contribution of one million euros per year for music export.
While this served to siphon off discontent, it also brought grievances before arbitrators who on occasion urged employers to meet workers' demands.
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