entreaty

Example Sentences

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Who could be falling for such an entreaty, one that requires a substantial misunderstanding of online job postings, of the internet, of contemporary employment?

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

Producer Patrick Spence also made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the story out."

From BBC • May 11, 2025

The pardon entreaty might have been dismissed out of hand had it not been for its initiator — Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, son and namesake of the slain candidate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Such an entreaty could be an effective reminder too, that the chatbots are made from us.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur readied her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin