Example Sentences

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New York City itself has tried to stem the tide by going after landlords, but Mayor Eric Adams has been imploring Albany to grant the city more power to respond.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Or maybe they just did what Andy Reid has been imploring them to do for the past month.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Hayslett has been imploring government officials to eliminate the red tape that is preventing adoptive American families like his from bringing home the Ukrainian children they love.

From Fox News • Mar. 5, 2022

His daughter, worried about his health, has been imploring him to quit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2020

He has been imploring me for an interview.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison