Sample Sentences for
implore
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  • "And it'd be really good if I had one of you" — he looked imploringly at Harry — "maybe your friend could take it and I could stand next to you?"  (source)
    imploringly = in a pleading way
  • "I gave her anguish of many kinds. Poverty, and hunger, and terror. I had to, Jonas. It was my job. And she had been chosen." The Giver looked at him imploringly.  (source)
    imploringly = in a pleading way (as if begging for understanding)
  • His voice was imploring; it was as though he were begging to be reassured.  (source)
    imploring = pleading or begging
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  • —Do something, Meg implored her father silently.†  (source)
  • In my dreams, I saw a crowned woman imploring me to find her Oracle.†  (source)
  • One of them was a pathetic cry, Onwumbiko— "Death, I implore you."†  (source)
  • "Jacob," he said, imploringly. ... "Speak comfort to me, Jacob!"  (source)
    imploringly = in a pleading or begging manner
  • Will no entreaties cause thee to turn a favourable eye upon thy creature, who implores thy goodness and compassion?†  (source)
  • Rosa implored him, but the returned soldier hesitated.†  (source)
  • He retreated across the stage, with Mr. Fish imploring him for an answer.†  (source)
  • I can only cry out and implore, "Oh, ring, ring, open wide and let us out!"†  (source)
  • Prudence, dragging at her mother's hand, gazed back imploringly as they passed.†  (source)
  • Cedric implores, trying not to make it sound like a plea.†  (source)
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