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Six example sentences with importunate, each labelled with its topic.
An importunate backer called the founder eleven times before breakfast, demanding an answer she had already given twice.
Startups
Importunate sellers followed us the length of the market, repeating the same price until we finally crossed the road.
Travel
Therapists teach parents that giving in to an importunate child rewards the nagging and guarantees the same scene tomorrow.
Psychology
An importunate supplier rang the buyer every morning for a month, long after she had said the budget was spent.
Business
The app's importunate notifications asked for a rating six times a day until users deleted it in frustration.
Technology
Dickens fills the novel with importunate relatives who arrive at breakfast, stay past dinner, and always ask for a loan.
Literature
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