entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
are entreating
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present progressiveof entreat.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Today the Daily Herald joins with newspapers around the state that are entreating the lawmakers and leaders of Illinois with a simple demand:
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2016
The people are entreating her to stay law proceedings, to give them time, to employ them; the poorest are all importuning her with stories of their sufferings.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
While the maidens are entreating him to be merciful, Berndt suddenly remembers the French Courier.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
The unionists are entreating public opinion to protect them against the unfairness of "government by injunction."
From The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly
And Seth answered, "They are the Sun and the Moon, who are entreating the Most High for my father Adam."
From Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
