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entreaty
[en-tree-tee]
noun
plural
entreatiesearnest request or petition; supplication.
Synonyms: , , ,
entreaty
/ ɪˈٰːɪ /
noun
an earnest request or petition; supplication; plea
Example Sentences
It was a desperate entreaty to U.S. officials to stanch the so-called Iron River, the southbound flow of arms that was fueling record levels of carnage in Mexico.
Producer Patrick Spence also made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the story out."
It quotes a few of the rioters including Alex Harkrider, who sought release from prison before his trial, by arguing that "like thousands of others" he was merely "responding to the entreaties" of Trump.
As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.
Now 76, the artist had long waved off filmmaker entreaties but was finally intrigued enough to take part in a technological experiment that mirrored a process he embraced decades ago.
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