How to Use entreat in a Sentence
entreat
verb- I entreat you to help me.
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But when Le Doussal entreated Takeuchi to plot the data again, the scientists saw the first glimpse of the left and right tails.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2014
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Kahn entreats the reader on the first page of her biography.
—Vogue, 6 Nov. 2019
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For years, a wide spectrum of groups in the U.S. lectured, cajoled and entreated China to go green.
—Andrew Browne, WSJ, 6 June 2017
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But whilst thus entreating him to save her and her family, the slave-driver, who had first bought her, came running in pursuit of her with a raw hide in his hand.
—Solomon Jones, Philly.com, 19 June 2018
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Those things are forbidden, as entreating the angels with prayer.
—Jake Cline, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
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Gregarious guides may entreat visitors to speak from the podium used by Dr. King.
—New York Times, 3 May 2018
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The 7,650-foot-tall peak, known for its bizarrely thin, silvery lava, is a place of pilgrimage for the pastoralist Maasai, who travel there to entreat their god Engai for rain, cattle, and children.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 10 Oct. 2016
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The 7,650-foot-tall peak, known for its bizarrely thin, silvery lava, is a place of pilgrimage for the pastoralist Maasai, who travel there to entreat their god Engai for rain, cattle, and children.
—Robert Clark, National Geographic, 10 Oct. 2016
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At climate rallies, Granett entreats strangers to keep it terrestrial.
—Alex Davies, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
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In the developing movie (based on the 2019 sequel to Ahern's original work) Holly's sister Ciara entreats her to share her touching story with the world on a podcast.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
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Or Tinkerbell, a sassy alpha sprite who in a burst of feminist solidarity entreats her sisters to a call for girl power?
—Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020
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In her comments, Arnold entreated industry leaders to hire outside their usual crew.
—Hannah Abraham, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
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Sarastro’s Masonic minions gather around a conference table in generic gray suits, Tamino heads off in pursuit of virtue wearing a white shirt and black pants, and Pamina does a lot of entreating in a frumpy white dress.
—Vulture, 23 May 2023
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On top of his other concerns, his father back in Syria was entreating al-Hajj to send money for doctor’s visits and for farming supplies to help feed their family, even pushing him to ask the sponsors for the funds.
—Jodi Kantor, Orange County Register, 26 Mar. 2017
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Kimmel entreated viewers to vote Trump out of office in November, but also went further, attempting to grapple with the larger issues of racial injustice at play.
—Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 30 May 2020
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But her stationery story began in 2009, when a friend entreated Menocal to create invitations for her Palm Beach, Florida, wedding.
—Christine Whitney, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2017
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Trump entreated black voters at numerous whistle stops.
—Deroy Murdock, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
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Other local families arrive, also entreating Stockton to save them.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2017
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