imploring

Example Sentences

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Imploring parents to take action, he said it was their "responsibility" to keep any child intending to protest "at home".

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023

Imploring people to let the situation "settle", she said Schofield had "lost his job" and "his world", adding: "I think that's enough. I think that's enough for anybody."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

Imploring university leaders to reverse course, Stockton said, “It’s time to make this change.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Imploring viewers to send money to poverty-stricken children in Uganda, he said: "I'm not saying I'll punch someone over food - that's Jeremy Clarkson's job."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2015

And now they ship their oars, and crown with wine The holy goblet to the powers divine: Imploring all the gods that reign above, But chief the blue-eyed progeny of Jove.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander