implore
verb (used with object)
imploration
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a word derived from
implore.
Example Sentences
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On “Chemical,” a woozy, spectral meditation on the intoxication of love, the chorus becomes an imploration: “And love is a chemical / Start it, start it again,” he sings, his voice dissipating into mist.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
The book seems, on its face, to be a relatively benign imploration towards politeness.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
Perry, pale as death and still of feeble brain, had arisen as he spoke and made this imploration with only the eloquence of haggard forgetfulness.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend
“Will you be kind enough to leave me!” came from behind the veil, in accents of mingled imploration and anger.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish
Wherewith the junior operator swung half around in the swivel-chair and exposed to Peter an expression of mild imploration.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
