entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
had been entreating
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past perfect progressiveof entreat.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Rawdon was only too happy at her resolve; he had been entreating her to take this measure any time for weeks past.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
A certain gentleman named Præstantius, had been entreating a Philosopher to solve him a doubt, which he absolutely refused to do.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
The medical men had been entreating us—vainly, for the most part—to boil the water before drinking it in any form, and had proclaimed it inimical to health in its raw state.
From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan
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