Example Sentences

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Little Liszt has entreated me to beg you to write him a theme for to-morrow's concert.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette

But Mettie has entreated them to say nothing, and to let her suffer in silence, and they are too loyal to betray her interesting confidences.

From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)

The impresario, Signor Cassiglioni, has entreated me not to say a word of this to a soul, as all kinds of people would come crowding in, and that we don't wish.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

‘Yesterday Masilo beheld Dilah, and ever since he has entreated me to give him back his daughter.’

From The Brown Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

She has entreated me to speak to Albert, and also to you.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield