implore
to make urgent or piteous supplication.
Origin of implore
1Other words for implore
Opposites for implore
Other words from implore
- im·plor·a·ble, adjective
- im·plo·ra·tion [im-plawr-ey-shuhn] /ɪmˌplɔrˈeɪ ʃən/ noun
- im·plor·a·to·ry [im-plawr-uh-tawr-ee], /ɪmˈplɔr əˌtɔr i/, adjective
- im·plor·er, noun
- im·plor·ing·ly, adverb
- im·plor·ing·ness, noun
- un·im·plor·a·ble, adjective
- un·im·plored, adjective
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How to use implore in a sentence
We implore parents and caretakers to get vaccinated themselves to protect vulnerable children from infection.
Kids Can't Get COVID-19 Vaccines Yet. But We Do Have Ways to Protect Them | Lael M. Yonker and Anthony J. Fischer | August 17, 2021 | TimeWhen she awoke, she rushed to the computer and implored him in an email to respond right away.
Ruth Pearl, seeker of justice for her murdered journalist son, Daniel, dies at 85 | Emily Langer | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostI sent him a missive, imploring him to brave this perilous journey with me.
He calls another, imploring him to act now, because he can’t imagine the Ohtani will last long.
In her letter, Finkelstein implored the organization for an increase in screening and access to at-home fetal monitoring.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-Science
Probably his actual words from the Bible, which implore Christians to care for the poor.
Just Imagine Hologram Jesus Telling Paul Ryan and Pat Robertson Off | Dean Obeidallah | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe know the risk he and his wife are taking for all of us, and we implore you, O good and great God, to keep him safe.
Dear fellow Jews—I implore you: Please, please stop trying to make people shut up.
Dear Jews: Stop Trying to Make People Shut Up | Emily L. Hauser | December 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, as they enter the fourth estate and seek its reinvention, I implore them: be bold.
A Challenge to New Media Moguls Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Bezos | Alexander Busansky | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you are reading this, Bill Keller's psychiatrist, I implore you to work this through with him.
Were you a free man at this moment, and went down on your knees to implore me to give you Anne, I would not do it.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood"I implore you, yield to these wise words," now put in the archdeacon addressing Gaudry.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueIf I loved you, it would be entirely different; so once more, and for the last time, I implore you to let us part as friends.'
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueTherefore when we hear the sound of the cornet we should implore God to rebuild the Temple.
O you who are quickly ready to help, I implore you for wealth whereby we may overshadow all men, like the sky.
Sacred Books of the East | Various
British Dictionary definitions for implore
/ (ɪmˈplɔː) /
to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech
to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg: to implore someone's mercy
Origin of implore
1Derived forms of implore
- imploration, noun
- imploratory, adjective
- implorer, noun
- imploringly, adverb
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