Example Sentences

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Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn had been pleading with the governor to visit the affected community and “see the landslide for himself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

First, Hamilton's faith in Mercedes was dented by their continuation with their flawed design philosophy into 2023, when he had been pleading with them to abandon it.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

It was only last month that the first Patriot systems arrived in Ukraine, even though Kyiv had been pleading with the Pentagon for the weapons since the start of the war.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

Petito’s family had been pleading for the Laundrie family to tell them where their son last saw her.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2021

I understood now why Edward had been pleading.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien