imploration
Example Sentences
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On “Chemical,” a woozy, spectral meditation on the intoxication of love, the chorus becomes an imploration: “And love is a chemical / Start it, start it again,” he sings, his voice dissipating into mist.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
The book seems, on its face, to be a relatively benign imploration towards politeness.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
The Marquess stretched out his hand, as if to detain him; but, with a gesture, full of dignity and command, as well as imploration, the bent figure passed out.
From The Woman's Way by Charles Garvice
Basil held up her hand in imploration, but Reybold did not heed the woman's remark.
From Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 by William Patten
Wherewith the junior operator swung half around in the swivel-chair and exposed to Peter an expression of mild imploration.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
