implore
verb (used with object)
have been imploring
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present perfect progressiveof implore.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Fans have been imploring WSU to feed running back Max Borghi this year.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Activists have been imploring the administration to address the issue with more urgency.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
Superintendents and principals have been imploring their communities to embrace civil discourse and to use the election as a teachable moment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2016
Reina Kudo, 19, a college student in Tokyo, said her parents have been imploring with her to come home to Kansai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2011
Rousseau have been imploring Rousseau to yield his consent; he hesitates, but at last kisses Pamela on the forehead.
From Pamela Giraud by Honoré de Balzac
