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

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

Muezzins in the West Bank and Kuwait entreat the faithful to avoid the mosque and instead pray at home.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2020

Miss Nyong’o says that her co-star bonded so well with Ms. Nalwanga and the other young actors portraying the members of the chess club that the youngsters would entreat him to entertain them off-camera.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2016

“Indeed, sir, I have not the least intention of dancing. I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.”

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

And, though he doesn’t grapple with it explicitly, Sloss seems to understand it: rather than risk relaying his friend’s riffs in his own voice, he entreats crowd members to trust her judgment.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2019

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

“Some of them didn’t know their way here,” said Bah, adding that she entreated them to participate despite their mistrust.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2023

“Confirm my nominees to the Federal Reserve, which plays a critical role in fighting inflation,” the president entreated.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

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

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

He wrote a letter to the company’s directors recounting his contributions and entreating them not to take his house.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021

“Lumahwoooooof Cassiopeia looked up at her with wide, entreating eyes. The howling jostled Penelope out of her thoughts. She realized Lady Constance was still waiting for an answer. “Of course, Lady Constance,” she said, flustered.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood