Examples of entreaty in a Sentence
our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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This included entreaties to allow more food, water and medicine into a starving Gaza Strip and minimizing civilian casualties.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
The society has not taken any disciplinary action in response to these entreaties.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
This isn’t all an entreaty for Congress and local leaders to do nothing.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
The entreaties by the investor group come as the deal is falling under fresh scrutiny from regulators at the Federal Communications Commission, which has taken issue with political coverage by Paramount’s CBS News.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
The society has not taken any disciplinary action in response to these entreaties.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
This isn’t all an entreaty for Congress and local leaders to do nothing.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
The entreaties by the investor group come as the deal is falling under fresh scrutiny from regulators at the Federal Communications Commission, which has taken issue with political coverage by Paramount’s CBS News.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for entreaty
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“Entreaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entreaty. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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