How to Use entreaty in a Sentence

entreaty

noun

• Even so, the entreaty from Cohen was too good to pass up.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 May 2018
• But he's been gone a long time, and his entreaties are rebuffed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019
• I’m sorry to say that your entreaties fall on deaf ears.
  — Luke Burns, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2016
• What’s a critic to do in the face of such a courteous entreaty?
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• To date, the group has resisted entreaties from Hamas to fully enter the war.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• If this entreaty is speaking to you in any way, here are some of the best kitchen torches to consider.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2022
• Britons ignored their entreaties to stay in the European Union.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 7 June 2017
• Gould’s sense is that the entreaties have been well-received and that the bill has a good shot at clearing the Legislature this year.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• But as the pandemic races on, the entreaty to them remains the same, still urgent but hopeful: Please, do more.
  — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• There are a criminal number of bad jokes and earnest entreaties.
  — Roxane Gay, Marie Claire, 22 May 2017
• Many of McAdams’ colleagues were unmoved by such entreaties.
  — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
• With the gift comes an entreaty: to track down the remaining movements and, if possible, put them again in Otylie’s hands.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
• Resolved to save Soji, Picard asks Starfleet for a ship, but he's been gone a long time, and his entreaties are rebuffed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2020
• Their entreaties have so far largely fallen on deaf ears.
  — Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
• Greece’s decision came despite entreaties from the U.S. to allow the sanctions to stand.
  — Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2016
• But their grins were as wide as their hopes were secure, whereas Isabelle is prey to sudden squalls of tears and craven entreaties.
  — Michelle McNamara, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2018
• The preferred entreaties are often Power Nuggets or Mice Tails.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• At the time, Hampton shared texts with the Tribune that detailed a relentless series of entreaties from Kevin Quinn to go out with him.
  — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2019
• But neither her entreaties nor a judge’s order could sway the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
  — Carol Marbin Miller and Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 2 July 2017
• Yet the essence of Elvis is inclusive, an entreaty to America to strive to be its best possible self.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 June 2018
• In the face of that, Conway’s entreaty to disregard Trump’s mouth and look into Trump’s soul is beyond asinine.
  — Leonard Pitts Jr, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2017
• The financial entreaties are honed through so-called A/B testing, where a subset of a list is tested to see which message hits the right buttons.
  — Jake Bernstein, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
• That request may only be an opening entreaty, the people say.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• But state records show those officials did not act on her entreaties and failed to make Krabbe their top priority.
  — Patricia Callahan, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
• All of these entreaties for decorum are in service of a delusion that is profitable only to those already in power.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 14 June 2018
• Even entreaties from the prime minister’s office have failed to sway the regulator.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• This one ends with an entreaty not to reveal the murderer’s identity to anyone.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Oct. 2022
• The question is whether the Biden Team will back up its diplomatic entreaties with a tougher American defense posture.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2023
• Other areas of the Middle East are too disordered for American aid, threats, or entreaties to have much of an effect.
  — F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
• That leads to some uncomfortable lingering around the pool in which Leo refuses to swim mid-transition, despite Eleanor’s entreaties.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024