entreat

Example Sentences

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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

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

Muezzins in the West Bank and Kuwait entreat the faithful to avoid the mosque and instead pray at home.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2020

Likewise, he says he often gets impatient with people who entreat him to sign many items of memorabilia — most of which he believes will wind up sold online.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2017

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 "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley