How to Use urge in a Sentence

urge

1 of 2 verb
  • A hand on her back urged her forward.
  • The rescuers urged that we remain calm.
  • I urge you to reconsider.
  • He is continually urging reform.
  • Smith urges Roye to move some things to the curb so they can be hauled away.
    Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
  • On the day of the groundbreaking, Peters took to the floor of the House to urge approval of the $310 million.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • During the event, Harris urged states that haven’t passed red flag laws to do so.
    Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Others urged Learner not to spend that much on a Big Mac.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 July 2023
  • Lawyers for Trump have filed a brief in the Florida case urging the court to uphold the state law.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The shopkeeper urged her to push her officers to do their jobs.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Others called them stupid and unforgivable, and urged for a boycott of the movie.
    Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ila Hendricks warned her brother of the heat wave before his trip, urging him to be safe.
    Jillian Sykes, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The Kansas City Police Department said at 2:02 p.m. that shots had been fired and urged people to leave the area.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to eat them.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Blinken urged Netanyahu not to launch an Israeli operation in the city of Rafah.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The ad then urges viewers to sign a petition supporting Clarke’s bill.
    Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • When in vitro fertilization began in the 1970s, scholars of some of the largest faiths urged caution.
    Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Ackman, at the time of that statement, urged the school to release the names of the students who signed it so that prospective employers could choose not to hire them.
    Brian Bushard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Upbeat ideas and plans around lifestyle matters urge you to move forward by the 6th and 7th, and aspects on the 9th are all about daring to follow your heart.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023
  • China’s special envoy to the Middle East urged Israel to restart peace talks on the basis of the two-state solution.
    Clarence Leong, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • As in other cases, the company urged the court to toss out the entire drug-pricing program.
    Tony Romm, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And while her daughter urges her to flee the country, Lydia has found a new purpose — driving people to safety.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Patchy slick spots are possible on area roads and motorists are urged to travel with caution, NWQ said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The agency at the time urged operators of these devices to update their software to address the issue.
    Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Consumers with a peanut allergy who have purchased these products are urged to throw them away or returned them to the place of purchase.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • Jones urged Musk to watch out for radioactive isotopes being slipped into his food.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Some investors and stock analysts also had urged change.
    Preetika Rana, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Behind the scenes, Lamy was constantly urging Owens to explore his gritty side.
    Nick Haramis Ola Rindal Dogukan Nesanir, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The National Parents Union, an advocacy group for parents, urged lawmakers at an April 10 rally to move the legislation forward.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The study’s authors also urge mining companies to avoid their impacts on great apes and for more data collection to create a more accurate picture of where apes live in relation to where mining activities may take place.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
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urge

2 of 2 noun
  • He fought the urge to cry.
  • That's when the urge came, and the urge was just very, very, very, strong.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The first is to take a deep breath and resist the urge to panic.
    Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Fight the urge to binge-watch Netflix all day in a dark room.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Resist the urge to remove the lid while the casserole cooks.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
  • As the first votes of the night come in, resist the urge to read too much into the numbers.
    Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Then the advice centers on fighting the urge to bet more in a small week of games.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Seek to understand About to lay down the law or have the urge to raise your voice to get your point across?
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The post workout cool-down is (almost) as easy to skip as the warm-up, but resist the urge!
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The urge not only to know but to catalogue and record runs deep in our species.
    Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Summer's still in full swing, and so is the urge to travel to Europe.
    Rose Marie Walano, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The truth is that the urge to kill can come and go in a serial killer’s life due to many factors.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Resist the urge to stir while cooking, as this will break up the peaches.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
  • But like a folksy ear worm, the urge to find it within this wilderness of rock might be hard to shake.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Once the hair finally breaks free, resist the urge to pluck or shave it.
    Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Learning to sit with and really feel those urges will pay off in the long run, too.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Resist the urge to dig or pick, and instead, treat it once a day with a mild toner.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This option is the best bar stool for those who have the urge to switch up their home’s look every few months.
    Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t resist the urge to keep your feelings to yourself.
    Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Many tourists don’t feel the urge to do much else beyond lazing on the sand and cooling off in the water.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The urge to urbanize is hard-wired in us because cities are life.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • And this should go without saying, but resist the urge to hook up with your ex.
    Andra Chantim, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But resist the urge to turn up the speed, since a slow mix helps to develop a stronger gluten network.
    Claire Saffitz, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • By all means, resist the urge to do pushups in your first-week boredom, says Rosenberg.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the urge to to get your own from a backyard flock is undeniable.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Chloë Grace Moretz's approach to summer hair, on the other hand, is to just give in to the urge to chop a whole bunch of inches off.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 23 June 2023
  • Resist the urge to equate the AI of today and human cognition.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • To this day, the thought of her cheesy chicken spaghetti and creamy beef stroganoff rouses a deep urge to return to my youth.
    Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The urge to try new flavors and spend a little too lavishly will be heightened as Venus squares Uranus (on the 9th) and Jupiter (on the 22nd).
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
  • While at the state hospital, SVPs can take part in treatment programs aimed at curbing their criminal urges.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024

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