entreat

Example Sentences

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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

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

Was it safe for Lucy to entreat her father to play or should she “leave him be and let him crawl into bed with a stink in his hair?”

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 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

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë