As his widow Basilissa was sailing over the Black Sea with his body, to bury it at Byzantium, a phantom ship passed by, which also vanished whenadjured in the sacred name.
So he came into the city, and adjured the Pope and the bishop of the see to construct a bridge.
The spectators grew alarmed in the face of so entire a confidence, andadjured Prince Florizel to reconsider his intention.
But he looked graver than was his wont; for the men of Judah had assembled early and adjured him not to give up the chief command to any man who belonged to another tribe.
In presence of the entire Zawia he bade both sons climb a tall palm-tree, and then adjured them by Allah and his Prophet to leap to the ground.
And another Indian Moslem leader thus adjured the British authorities: "I appeal to the present government to change its anti-Turkish attitude before the fury of millions of Moslem fellow-subjects is kindled to a blaze and brings disaster.
L'Oyseleur, who was one of her visitors, adjured her now to change her conduct, to accept whatever means of salvation might be offered to her.
And Gurhyr adjured her, saying, "Tell me if thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who was taken when three nights old from between his mother and the wall?
As the day appointed by Sir Mador was fast approaching, it became necessary that she should procure a champion for her defence; and she successively adjured Sir Hector, Sir Lionel, Sir Bohort, and Sir Gawain to undertake the battle.
They adjured Caesar to protect them from these swarms of barbarians.
His lieutenants adjured him not to send the troops exhausted by the forced march at once into action; but Sulla took into consideration what the night might bring on Rome, and, late as it was in the afternoon, ordered the attack.
Just at that moment Lucullus appeared in those waters with his fleet; Fimbria adjured him to render assistance so that he might be enabled to capture the king.
At the temple of Tellus, where the Esquiline begins to slope towards the great Forum, Marius attempted once more to make a stand; he adjured the senate and equites and all the citizens to throw themselves across the path of the legions.
His own associates were in despair at this insane fury; Sertorius adjured the consul to put a stop to it at any price, and even Cinna was alarmed.
If adjured by the death of Sahela Selassie, non-compliance can be visited by punishment; and the wilful breach of the solemn obligation renders the perjured party liable to penalties the most severe.
Adjured by Him who is to come to judge the quick and the dead, so thou close his throat with a band--not, however, unto death.
Whilst the iron was heating the priest celebrated mass, and after he had taken the Eucharist, he adjured the person who was to be tried, and made him also take the Communion.
He adjured him, in the name of the king and his country, not to risk such fearful chances.
Don't let that bloomin' modesty of yers keep yer from tellin' the truth," adjured James.
We jumped into the coach, adjured the man by all the saints in the calendar to put wings to his chariot wheels, and sat concocting plausible lies, by way of excuses, all the way home.
Now leave all the bargaining to me," she adjured him.
Theron could not be insensible to the friendly hand on his shoulder, or to the strenuous sincerity of the voice which thus adjured him.
His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren.
The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties.
Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho.
The holy man, who had little foreseen the catastrophe that his imprudence occasioned, fell on his knees to the Prince, and adjured him in the most solemn manner not to shed innocent blood.
Frederic, falling on his knees, adjured the phantom to take pity on him.
But the ring adjured him to keep quite quiet, and not even look up at her.
The rocks now resounded with the cries and imprecations with which he adjured the magician--for such he now rightly deemed him--to stand forth.
But why," I adjured Monny in my professional tone, as conductor, "why on earth should you sacrifice yourself to these people?
Then he earnestly adjured the emperor that the past sufferings were sufficient, and that he should bear no more.
Then he was adjured so that he could not resist, when he cried out that he would go, he would go, and so he departed.
As they went he adjured her to confine herself to the simple if incomplete statement that she had been walking in the wood.
They adjured her again and again to thrust off the yoke of the baroness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "adjured" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
