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

"I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel," is his hard answer to the poor Syrophenician woman who is entreating succor for her child.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

But the sovereign who is entreating me to do something, is an eldest son of the Church.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

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 Trusler, John

Henry is entreating her to come; she declines.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte