Meanings of so importunate in English

She prayed as they prayed to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so believing.

Finally she became so importunate that he was compelled to seek safety in flight.

Such also is oftentimes thy desire, which thou hast profest to be so importunate.

Who can be so importunate, on this dark, wretched night?

She had forgotten the necessity for haste which had been so importunate a few minutes before.

At last the feeling on my side became so importunate that I could no longer keep silence.

Juan Volante was so importunate that he had to be heard in Council, but neither party yielded.

Never had my desire been so importunate as now, when I was in continual terror of losing her.

Don't be so importunate, Tildy.

However, their demands for my return and to meet this body became so importunate that I yielded my own judgment.

You are so importunate.

But it was impossible to prevail, especially upon the Englishmen; their curiosity was so importunate that they must run out and see the battle.

The poor thing fancied she would better her position thereby: it was not from pure love of Henrietta that she had been so importunate.

Finally, they became so importunate that we were obliged to refuse flatly to move faster, alleging as a reason that the girl was tired.

Havre, however, was so peremptory, and the burghers were so importunate, that Champagny was obliged to recede from his opposition before twenty-four hours had elapsed.

So importunate were the officers in Hull that once again during the day Peace had to repeat this experience.