pleading
Example Sentences
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US news anchor Savannah Guthrie has posted a video message tearfully pleading for the return of her abducted mother and seeking proof from her captors that the 84-year-old is still alive.
From BBC
Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly in support of a “special message” decrying militarized immigration enforcement and pleading for reform.
From Los Angeles Times
Baby Joe toddled over, holding out a cup of water, his eyes pleading with me to drink.
From Literature
A nereid called after her in Nerish, something high and strangely pleading, but she did not turn.
From Literature
The selection suggests that indigenous art has evolved sufficiently since the 1970s to transcend special pleading.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
