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,” Mr. Massoud wrote.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 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

My baby, my blood, my honest truth: entreat me not to leave thee, for whither thou goest I will go.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

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

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020

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

Stephen, called back from Paris as his mother was dying, is tormented a year later by his refusal to pray over her as she entreated him to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025

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

In his January TikTok post, he entreated: “Please make great art with this.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

When asked if the company had entreated merchants to help it lobby against the legislation, Amazon said its email spoke for itself.

From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2021

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

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

As he ran, he sent his voice ahead of him, entreating her, persuading her, reassuring her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton