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
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
Gregarious guides may entreat visitors to speak from the podium used by Dr. King.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
Most earnestly did she then entreat him to lose no more time before he wrote.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
“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
Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 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
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
Open that the Americans entreated him to become permanent director.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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
In one, a Milanese lawyer asks the Vatican to intervene in favor of his Jewish clients; another is from nuns entreating the Vatican to help a family of Jews travel to the United States.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
“Come on, come,” the man can be heard entreating.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Soon I heard him earnestly entreating me to be composed.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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