Example Sentences

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“The people of Myanmar are imploring the U.N. to act,” Andrews said in a statement Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Even so, a chorus of government leaders in Virginia are imploring residents to brace themselves for more potentially disruptive weather and to stay off the roads.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Now, state governments and food security activists across the country are imploring the U.S.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2020

Far-flung law enforcement authorities based in Florida, Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, and other states have received reports of the video and are imploring people to stop forwarding it.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

Nothing is visible of the earth, but it is divined by the gestures and glances of the two saints, who are pointing to the multitude for whom they are imploring the divine mercy.

From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther