Answer "yes," and degrees are admitted, which we have already seen prove fatal; answer "no," and we must deny that one part of the body is more vital than another-and this is refusing to go as far even as common sense does; answer that these things are not very important, and we quit the ground of equity and high philosophy on which we have given ourselves such airs, and go back to common sense as unjust judges that will hear those widows only who Importune us.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
They did not Importune him.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
And she began to Importune: "Stas, dear, I will go alone, like a grown-up."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz