entreat

Example Sentences

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“I beg your pardon,” he entreated, following her; “it never occurred to me that it might be repulsive.”

From Literature

“Ask me something now, Janet,—the least thing: I desire to be entreated—”

From Literature

Upon this occasion my father said, with an expression of unbounded wonder, “My dearest Victor, what infatuation is this? My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again.”

From Literature

Most earnestly did she then entreat him to lose no more time before he wrote.

From Literature

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