Phyllis McGinley

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

American Author

Walter Pater

At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.

English Critic

Nicolas Chamfort

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

French Writer

Malcolm de Chazal

We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.

Used to describe someone who won't stop until they get what they want, often annoyingly so.

Persistent Urgency

Often implies that the persistence is unwelcome or uncomfortable for others.

Negative Connotation

Shows strong emphasis on the intensity and continual nature of the demands.

Importunate