entreat

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,” Mr. Massoud wrote.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

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

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

I cannot find my way back, I am shut out though I entreat earnestly and put forth all my strength.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

Complete with stadium-sized rainbows and giant pinwheels, she performed the track — in which she entreats listeners to give homophobes the cold shoulder — flanked by drag queens formerly of “RuPaul‘s Drag Race.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2019

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

Stephen, called back from Paris as his mother was dying, is tormented a year later by his refusal to pray over her as she entreated him to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025

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

Mr. Sadr entreated his supporters last week to each take 10 other voters to the polls.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

“I beg your pardon,” he entreated, following her; “it never occurred to me that it might be repulsive.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

That prompted the owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz, another local landmark, to print T-shirts and bumper stickers entreating fellow residents to “Keep Santa Cruz Weird.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

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

That result forced a runoff, in which Mr. Cochran openly campaigned among Democrats — particularly African Americans and farmers — entreating them to support him over McDaniel.

From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019

As he ran, he sent his voice ahead of him, entreating her, persuading her, reassuring her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton