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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"I thought 'I can't put my family though it any longer'... they were imploring me to leave."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
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
Regional managers were imploring their bosses drop sales goals, saying they were unrealistic and bad for customers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017
The men were imploring me with their glances, like miserable captives; the women held up their children; the old men fell on their knees.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
