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

Likewise, he says he often gets impatient with people who entreat him to sign many items of memorabilia — most of which he believes will wind up sold online.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2017

“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

Wake up to joy, it entreats, before it’s too late.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

“Convert your Le Bijou apartment into a private health center,” entreats the company’s website.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020

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

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

They’re too big to cancel, too entreated to fail.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

“Can’t you help us, murena,” my mother entreated.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

That prompted the owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz, another local landmark, to print T-shirts and bumper stickers entreating fellow residents to “Keep Santa Cruz Weird.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

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

Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

I then wrote to Mrs. Fairfax, entreating information on the subject.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë