Words similar to urge

Example sentences for: urge

How can you use “urge” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The urge to merge is a powerful one, but resisting it is usually the smartest course.
Others, emphasizing women's particular values, urge retention of this and other features of women's talk (for example, women frequently assume noncompetitive roles in conversation), suggesting that women's talk encourages participation and the likelihood of consensus.
Hannibal's elephants did not have to give way to oncoming traffic (there was none) and cries of “Mush, mush” are presumably all that has ever been required on polar ice-caps to urge on Eskimo dogs.
Overambition in an artist is easy to forgive; what's less sufferable is grandiosity--the compulsive urge to dazzle us with omniscience.
As the city's need for services grows, area's firms urge partners to volunteer their time.