as in pleas
an earnest request
our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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Recent Examples of entreaties
Newsom has rebuffed those entreaties, and the White House seems no closer to making any significant moves forward.
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
This included entreaties to allow more food, water and medicine into a starving Gaza Strip and minimizing civilian casualties.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Most of Biden’s entreaties have been largely ignored by Israel’s right-wing government.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
For this election, McDonnell could continue to resist his party’s entreaties, or Harris could win enough Electoral College votes to make any chicanery in Nebraska moot.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
This included entreaties to allow more food, water and medicine into a starving Gaza Strip and minimizing civilian casualties.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Most of Biden’s entreaties have been largely ignored by Israel’s right-wing government.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
For this election, McDonnell could continue to resist his party’s entreaties, or Harris could win enough Electoral College votes to make any chicanery in Nebraska moot.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Entreaties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entreaties. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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