entreaty
Example Sentences
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There’s also a tangible entreaty for global communities to lean on the networks and relationships they have—with their neighbors, schools, civil organizations, governments, and corporations—and address an issue everyone agrees we should be worried about.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Producer Patrick Spence also made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the story out."
From BBC • May 11, 2025
What’s a critic to do in the face of such a courteous entreaty?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023
The entreaty was entirely routine, although in making their request, the prosecutors took what could be considered an extra step.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023
“Oh, no,” said Mary Anne to herself, but her eyes blazed up to her mother in a silent entreaty.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing entreaty
Pride and Prejudice
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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A Christmas Carol
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