entreat
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Optimists and happy warriors entreat us to lean on each other to get through these grim times, insisting that community is our strength.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
To that end, I entreat Afghanistan’s friends in the West to intercede for us in Washington and in New York, with Congress and with the Biden administration.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
“We believe these statements represent grave errors of judgment and a lapse in pastoral responsibility,” the letter said, “and we entreat you to reconsider them.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2020
The signatories entreat him to rapidly expand testing to counter huge lines and speed up test results which can take two weeks.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2020
Adieu! my cousin; take care of yourself; and, I entreat you, write!
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
Wake up to joy, it entreats, before it’s too late.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
“Convert your Le Bijou apartment into a private health center,” entreats the company’s website.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
A priest flocked by suppliant children entreats Oedipus, renowned for his mental prowess, to find the answer that will rescue the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
So many tickets sell that after Uncle Al entreats the crowd to shift closer together for the fourth time, it becomes clear that this won’t be enough.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Sometime after Beata resettled her family in the Netherlands, Levine says she entreated Schultz to paint her daughter and her son Cootje, who had gone home ahead of the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The prosecutor entreated the jury to hold the defendants “accountable not only for what they did but why they did it.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Ryan entreated several city officials, including Garcetti, for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
In his January TikTok post, he entreated: “Please make great art with this.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
So entreated Ged could not deny his friend, but he said, “I should not have stayed this day here. I knew it, but I stayed.”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Disappointed, exhausted, and bedraggled, Albright sent a hail mary to the Frothville WhatsApp thread, entreating us to donate money to hire laborers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Afterward, Baekje turned its energy to upsetting the balance of power on the Korean peninsula by entreating Silla to rise against Goguryeo, its protector and overlord.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“Come on, come,” the man can be heard entreating.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Soon I heard him earnestly entreating me to be composed.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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