Example Sentences

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When asked if the company had entreated merchants to help it lobby against the legislation, Amazon said its email spoke for itself.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2021

In the past, milk marketers had entreated women as mothers to buy milk to ensure children’s health and safety, but dealers seeking skim milk buyers courted women as an adult market.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2014

Sir John whispered to me that she had entreated her mother to keep Celia out of the way till this curricle business was a little got out of her head.

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah

“I didn’t know that I had entreated your forgiveness,” she said with a smile which mocked his indignation.

From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills

He had entreated her to come away with him, to accept, that is, the Maules' eager invitation.

From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc