entreats

Example Sentences

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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

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

Complete with stadium-sized rainbows and giant pinwheels, she performed the track — in which she entreats listeners to give homophobes the cold shoulder — flanked by drag queens formerly of “RuPaul‘s Drag Race.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 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