entreating

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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