Example Sentences

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They were entreating him to let the bird out to them.

From The Irish Fairy Book by Various

However, what was the object of your addressing these entreaties to me, if the man for whom you were entreating was already restored by a law of Caesar's?

From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

The drivers of all these vehicles were entreating him in one voice to stroll elsewhere.

From Here are Ladies by Stephens, James

They were entreating Aschael to sing, who liked being entreated, but said, No, Miriam was the singer.

From The Debit Account by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

We went on in the direction of Taklakot, followed at a distance by these ruffians, who were entreating us to make no further resistance and to go with them where they wanted us to go.

From An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage