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

To that end, I entreat Afghanistan’s friends in the West to intercede for us in Washington and in New York, with Congress and with the Biden administration.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021

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

Was it safe for Lucy to entreat her father to play or should she “leave him be and let him crawl into bed with a stink in his hair?”

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

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

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020

Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power?

From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019

And, though he doesn’t grapple with it explicitly, Sloss seems to understand it: rather than risk relaying his friend’s riffs in his own voice, he entreats crowd members to trust her judgment.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 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

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

He repeatedly entreated the chair umpire to tell the crowd not to erupt in jubilation when he missed a first serve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

Mr. Sadr entreated his supporters last week to each take 10 other voters to the polls.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

Early in the night, Styles entreated the crowd to have as much fun as possible and to be whoever they wanted to be.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2021

I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë