imploration

Example Sentences

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On “Chemical,” a woozy, spectral meditation on the intoxication of love, the chorus becomes an imploration: “And love is a chemical / Start it, start it again,” he sings, his voice dissipating into mist.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019

The book seems, on its face, to be a relatively benign imploration towards politeness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2016

"Give me water—for the love of Heaven, water!" was the harshly whispered imploration.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.

“Will you be kind enough to leave me!” came from behind the veil, in accents of mingled imploration and anger.

From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.

Will the same tune do as well for a dance as for a prayer, for a moonlight serenade as for an imploration of Divine mercy?

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various