Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has "implored" a school trust to install a ramp so a disabled pupil can access a playing field.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

For a start, a steep drop in prices could gut U.S. shale producers and anger a president who has implored wildcatters to “drill, baby, drill.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

For years, Rev. Dr. William Barber has implored both political parties to pay attention and engage the 87 million low-wealth and low, fully a third of the electorate.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024

Lakers coach Darvin Ham said he has implored Hachimura to become a top-notch defender.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2023

He has implored me, for your own sake, if I see you diverging ever so slightly from the path of duty, not to stay my hand.

From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.