entreat

Example Sentences

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Corgan and company plan to release the album in three parts, and the first glimpse, “Beguiled,” entreats the listener to “return the faith” over a metallic palm-muted riff reminiscent of the band’s old days.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

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

Lina inevitably finds herself moved by the beauty of the city — its food, its vistas and most of all, its prettily entreating boys.

From New York Times

“Come on, come,” the man can be heard entreating.

From Seattle Times