adjure

How To Use adjure In A Sentence

• And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
• Thus adjured, clinging to the shreds of her modesty because she was simply unable to help herself, Beth retired behind the one high-backed chair and, using it as a makeshift screen, exchanged the quilt for the fresh chemise and petticoat that had been laid out for her, then slipped into her stays. Shameless
• It is in this light that Romans 13 adjures people to obey the powers that be.
• She adjured him to tell the truth.
• The patient strangled and gasped and suffocated and, at intervals, the toca was withdrawn and he was adjured to tell the truth. Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition
• He adjures her to ‘do something else, outside yourself.’
• In words that echo Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah, the people are adjured to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly’ with their God.
• A government spokesman also adjured German companies to use their "moral sense" when doing business with Iran and that "the government is expecting some sensitivity from businesses. Abraham H. Foxman: Europe's Contradictions on Iran Sanctions
• In his 2005 Stanford Commencement address, Jobs, then on the mend, adjured the graduates, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. John Maeda: Jobs Added Art to STEM to Create Steam
• His last words were to his wife of fifty-two years, whom he is said to have kissed and adjured, “Live mindful of our marriage, Livia, and farewell.” Caesars’ Wives