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imploringly

[im-plawr-ing-lee] / ɪmˈplɔr ɪŋ li /


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In almost every case, at least one man, woman or child looks out from the penurious scene and stares squarely at the viewer, imploringly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Several times she beseeched the crowd to quieten down, gently at first, imploringly: “It really puts me uptight and I forget the words and I get nervous,” she told them three songs in.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2020

Rodham replied, imploringly, “I gave him a biography of Reinhold Niebuhr.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

His most recent album is titled, almost imploringly, “The Blues Is Alive and Well,” and one of the cuts is “A Few Good Years”:

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Pettigrew squeaked, turning to Lupin instead, writhing imploringly in front of him.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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