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

She knew not why, and yet in her soul there was a dark, swelling sorrow which would not for any adjuration of Scripture nor any imploration of prayer, be stilled.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

Pass me by, but oh, be merciful to him!” 61A great silence followed this imploration.

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

As be came out of the store with it in his hand, Hyde looked at him with a steady imploration.

From The Maid of Maiden Lane by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston