Verb (used with object) : They implored him to go. ,implore forgiveness. From Dictionary.com.
A British officer was shouting at the mob in Arabic, imploring them not to compel him to fire on them. From Wordnik.com. [Jimgrim]
One student, Erica Weitzner, reported getting four or five emails in addition to phone calls imploring her to contribute. From Wordnik.com. [At Dartmouth And Cornell, Students Shamed For Not Giving To Class Gift Funds] Reference
The official leaders of the C.N.T. had joined with those of the U.G.T. in imploring everyone to go back to work; above all, food was running short. From Wordnik.com. [Homage to Catalonia] Reference
Brent, now a neurosurgeon, remembers collaborating with Dudley on one trick played on a neighbourhood child who released a balloon with a tag imploring the finder to get in touch. From Wordnik.com. [New BP boss Bob Dudley 'doesn't need to fake his empathy for the Gulf coast'] Reference
Harriet found herself the object of some kind of imploring glance from Joan Quarley. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
I never thought of it again until I was dressing, and I felt in that pocket and took it out, and it said, in a kind of imploring way, "Don't wear your arctics in the White House.". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Speeches] Reference
"imploring" him to honour the commitment in the Coalition agreement, calling for fair and transparent payments to be made to policyholders. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The poor creature gazed at us with imploring eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Comorn; Austria, dejected and defeated, imploring the aid of Russia. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mark how he clutches at the form of his companion, imploring to be saved!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Some celebrities are sending out urgent tweets imploring fans to bid on them. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Prize in Celebrity Auctions Is a Tweet, Not a Meet-and-Greet] Reference
"Do you understand me, Marsa?" he repeated, imploring and threatening at once. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He ends by imploring her to give up her higher education if she wishes to please him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was pleading, imploring, interrupted now and then by the sharp and still angry voice of her mamma. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The quiet, patient voice of the nurse would start up, imploring the kid to move one limb after another. From Wordnik.com. [A Body Divided, 5] Reference
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that children and spouses are imploring working parents not to fly. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For The Jet Age?] Reference
I also began to feeling like a failure even as I kept imploring whoever who would listen to act on economic issues. From Wordnik.com. [Danny Schechter: A Lament for Labor Day: When Unemployement Happens To You] Reference
I looked over at Mark again who was still crying and saw in his eyes that he was imploring me to beg the guy not to. From Wordnik.com. [That's It] Reference
Some problems you simply wait out, like the unbidden on-screen eruptions imploring you to join the Microsoft Network. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Willis, in his agony, went from house to house, imploring some one to buy her, so that she might remain near her family. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
It's easy to imagine him imploring a crowd: "You need to send me a Congress that will pass the health program we deserve.". From Wordnik.com. [Salesmanship Isn't Leadership] Reference
Avi Farhan, a 58-year-old veteran of the Six Day War, recalls Sharon's personally imploring him to consider building there. From Wordnik.com. [THE END OF A DREAM] Reference
Of course, it would be the one crazy friend he had to drag him here, the end of every week imploring him to “come with.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Club] Reference
With business executives weeping on his hand while imploring him to save capitalism for them, the president had all the cards. From Wordnik.com. ['In The Van Of History'] Reference
Finally, after a successful siege of coaxing, pleading, imploring, and entreating on the part of Handy, the "angel" consented. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Scripture, and kneeling by the cot of the suffering and dying soldiers, imploring the Great Physician to heal the sin-sick soul. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
So I've dedicated myself to reaching out to my colleagues, and my patients, imploring them to give and get oral cancer screenings. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangers of Denial] Reference
But Zedillo's speech last Wednesday imploring his countrymen to "generate more domestic savings" didn't exactly hit the right chords. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico: The Peso Crisis Echoes Around The Globe] Reference
But then, in an earnest and slightly imploring manner, he went on to explain why he may have given off the impression of "brashness.". From Wordnik.com. [THE SOLITARY SOLDIER] Reference
She can see so clearly his eyes as he says these things: imploring, begging, then searching her face for some sign she understands. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives That Came Before You, The Lives That Never End] Reference
Moss was getting texts and calls throughout the weekend from both Favre and Brady both imploring him to come and form a powerhouse duo. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: Randy Moss and Brett Favre? It almost happened (twice)] Reference
He immediately wrote to her imploring her to return to her old home, and with the light of her presence dispel the gloom of his dwelling. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The child returned promptly to the path, but unable to conquer her wish for the apple, turned an imploring eye to Camors and said, softly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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