implore
verb (used with object)
had been imploring
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past perfect progressiveof implore.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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Police had been imploring for this proposal for years and its inclusion in the open carry bill was seen as a compromise.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Although county officials had been imploring people to stay home and for businesses to close, those were merely advisories.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
Most were subjects listeners had been imploring me to do—like novelty songs, or Latin pop, or Yacht Rock, or country music, or Lilith Fair.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020
She noted tartly that the United States had been imploring him to appoint a vice president for three decades.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2011
The poor father had been imploring Wolfgang to go to Paris for fame and fortune's sake.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Rupert Hughes
