Examples of hortatory in a Sentence
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The tone is urgent, and hortatory, partly because the document doesn’t try to gloss over the challenges.
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Curbed,
15 Dec. 2022
Yet the Administration has interpreted the injunction as merely hortatory.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
13 May 2022
Her posts are more hortatory than her journal entries, but not necessarily more disciplined.
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The New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2022
While Sanders’ rhetoric was often hortatory and broad, Warren’s speech began with a deeply personal account of her upbringing in Oklahoma and the financial insecurity her family faced — introducing autobiography in a way that Sanders rarely does.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 Aug. 2019
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Curbed,
15 Dec. 2022
Yet the Administration has interpreted the injunction as merely hortatory.
—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
13 May 2022
Her posts are more hortatory than her journal entries, but not necessarily more disciplined.
—
The New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2022
While Sanders’ rhetoric was often hortatory and broad, Warren’s speech began with a deeply personal account of her upbringing in Oklahoma and the financial insecurity her family faced — introducing autobiography in a way that Sanders rarely does.
—
Los Angeles Times,
19 Aug. 2019
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“Hortatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hortatory. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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