To trouble or annoy with repeated requests; to solicit pressingly.
He would importune his parents for a new toy, day after day. He’d ask, then ask again, then keep asking, until they were just worn out by his constant begging.
The child wouldn't stop. He'd tugged at my sleeve for ten minutes, asking to borrow my rare, iridescent beetle shell. His whining was starting to importune me; I just wanted to finish my delicate, moss-based sculpture in peace.
The small, persistent beetle kept trying to climb onto my sandwich. I'd brush it off, but it would immediately return. It just wouldn't stop; I couldn't get it to leave me alone. It continued to importune me, crawling back every time I tried to eat.
The persistent squirrel would importune my sandwich with tiny, begging paws and squeaky noises, each little "eep!" a demand for just one more bite. It was quite a pickle, this furry beggar wouldn't quit!
The determined squirrel kept trying to importune the pigeon for a single crumb of its massive cracker. Each time the pigeon turned, the squirrel would inch closer, chirping and twitching, a fuzzy, persistent pest. The pigeon, utterly unfazed, just munched on.
He couldn't escape the constant pestering. His cousin would importune him all day, begging for money. No matter how many times he said no, the requests kept coming, wearing his patience thin with the relentless asking.
The antique automaton's gears ground with a mournful whine as it continued to importune the shopkeeper for a drop of oil, its brass eyes fixed pleadingly on his face. He sighed, the creature's persistent, wheezing requests grating on his nerves.
The street vendor, her voice raw from shouting, continued to importune passersby, holding up a chipped ceramic cat figurine. Each "Sir, buy a cat!" felt like a tiny stone thrown, chipping away at my resolve to just walk by. I finally bought it, just to make her stop.
The persistent salesperson wouldn't stop trying to importune me into buying a lifetime supply of novelty socks. He kept asking if I was *sure* I didn't need sparkly, alpaca-wool footwear. My polite refusals turned into desperate dodges as he wouldn't cease his sock-centric soliloquies.
The particularly persistent pigeon, a feathered fiend of the park, began to importune me for crumbs with a series of audacious head bobs and frantic foot taps. It seemed determined to annoy me into sharing my meticulously packed artisanal birdseed.
He didn't want another charity drive at his door. He just wanted to read his paper in peace. Still, the persistent volunteer continued to importune him, their earnest pleas wearing down his resolve until he reluctantly signed up.
The persistent child would importune his mother for one more sugary cereal treat, his whines growing louder and more insistent with each rejected plea. She tried to remain firm, but his ceaseless badgering wore down her resolve, a tiny, relentless siege against her patience.
The old artificer’s apprentice couldn’t stand another moment. Day after day, the master would importune him to refine the flux mixture, each failed attempt met with an exasperated sigh. He just wanted the insistent requests to cease so he could finally focus on the intricate clockwork.
The persistent toddler, a tiny whirlwind of relentless pleas, continued to importune his mother for another cookie. His chirps and tugs, though endearing to some, were a formidable siege. He wouldn't relent, his tiny brow furrowed in earnest, hoping to wear down her resolve with sheer, sugary attrition.
The persistent puffin, with its beak agape, continued to importune Barnaby for his last artisanal cheese puff. Barnaby, a professional badger groomer, found the aquatic avian's incessant squawking and nudging truly irksome. He considered a swift dive into the nearby fjord, but the puffin always seemed to find him.
The persistent salesman would importune me daily, his incessant pleas to purchase the same shoddy product wearing down my patience. His relentless solicitations, an unyielding barrage of requests, were becoming utterly vexatious and a significant imposition on my time.
The persistent hawker, his voice a grating rasp, continued to importune passersby with his wares, a relentless barrage of gestures and pleas. His incessant need to sell, despite their obvious disinterest, felt like a palpable current of annoyance, each word an irritating buzz against their patience.
The persistent trader continued to importune me, his incessant pitches about speculative commodities badgering me into a state of near-frenzy. He wouldn't cease his clamoring, each renewed solicitation a fresh assault on my already frayed composure.
My neighbor's cat, a corpulent Persian named Bartholomew, would incessantly importune me for anchovy paste, his gaze a potent, whiskered weapon. He’d perambulate my doorstep, emitting plaintive meows, a veritable phalanx of fluff intent on culinary extortion, until I capitulated and dispensed the pungent delicacy.
The beleaguered celestial cartographer, exasperated by the incessant, effervescent hum of a rogue nebula intent on colonizing his astral parchment, could only sigh as the gaseous entity continued to importune him for more nebular pigment.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.