Example Sentences

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The audits will be done by Caltrans staff riding or walking through the corridor, but the agency is imploring the community to participate in the audits and future meetings, Tavares said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

When Leila’s grandmother says that, it is imploring Leila to be empathetic, and not to think of her mother in the present tense, but to think of her as a 14-year-old and what that meant.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

The wife of a slain deputy in Maine is imploring his killer to turn himself in, or at least reach out to police.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2018

It’s 4:15, and Farooq is imploring two groups of eight she is following.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2018

A priest, seated by the table, is imploring, in the most pitiful language, the generosity of the attendants. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous