entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
is entreating
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present progressiveof entreat (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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China is entreating men between the ages of 20 and 45 to donate sperm "for the sake of your country," The New York Times reports.
From US News ● Jun. 13, 2016
While the maid servant is entreating them to cease quarrelling, and assist her dying mistress, the nurse plunders her trunk of the few poor remains of former grandeur.
From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by John Trusler
With upraised arms she is entreating her beloved one not to forsake her.
From Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work by Ernest Rhys
He is entreating Bahá’u’lláh, that His confirmations may keep, strengthen and inspire you in the fulfilment of your most urgent and sacred mission.
From The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Shoghi Effendi
Shoghi Effendi is fervently praying for the soul of our departed sister, and is entreating Bahá’u’lláh to give her her full share of divine blessings in the other world.
From Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand by Shoghi Effendi
