imploringly
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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
He goes imploringly to realtors and mortgage brokers, with no luck.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2019
In one, a young Joseph Mobutu looks out imploringly above a caption declaring his position in jeopardy.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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