implore
verb (used with object)
were imploring
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past progressiveof implore.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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From New York to Sydney, ambitious parents were imploring their offspring to "learn Japanese".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023
No arrests had been made, and police were imploring witnesses to come forward with information.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
He did so in the final push for voting rights legislation over the winter, as civil rights groups were imploring him to show a little urgency.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2022
Cheney spotted Wambach, whose eyes were imploring, saucer-like.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2011
Ten years earlier, when the French were within our territory, and we were imploring succour from home, would the colonies have rebelled at the payment of this tax?
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
