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imploring



ADJECTIVE
begging
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
undesirous






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But police are imploring people to trust accredited sources during emergencies.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

These same people are now hard at work imploring Moreno, “just don’t read The Times today.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

But in a way, you were doing exactly that with your friend by imploring him to shift his funds into assets that would yield a return of 8% to 9%, even before inflation.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

The secretary and pharmacist and my kid’s baseball coach ask, “How are you feeling?,” silently imploring me to give them a cancer update without making them ask.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

“Many of our oldest family trees become a little diseased over time,” he said as Bellatrix gazed at him, breathless and imploring.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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