Develop
Urge
Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Common collocations
| character | develop character | urge character |
Both words in one sentence
- Reversed: At this time, the urge to change and develop is present but circumstances are delaying progress.
Source: Useful Notes / Tarot Cards -
The ending of Zahrah the Windseeker hints that Zahrah's adventuring days have only just begun since she will develop an overwhelming urge to go Walking the Earth.
Source: And the Adventure Continues -
Plan 9 from Outer Space: We must control our urge to develop a Bigger Stick in our Lensman Arms Race, or a small group of incompetent aliens will attempt to wipe out our species by raising the dead so they'll attack us, thus preventing us from developing a bomb that can destroy the entire universe.
Source: Space Whale Aesop
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