ENTREAT in a Sentence
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96 example sentences for ENTREAT, such as:
1. I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
2. I entreat permission to see him once before my departure.
3. She had to entreat her father to let her stay out till midnight.
4. However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
5. I entreat Mr. Traddles to bear with me in entering into these details.
2. I entreat permission to see him once before my departure.
3. She had to entreat her father to let her stay out till midnight.
4. However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
5. I entreat Mr. Traddles to bear with me in entering into these details.
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Meanings and Examples of ENTREAT
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entreat
v. plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
2 She instantly begged her sister would entreat Lady Middleton to take them home, as she was too miserable to stay a minute longer.
3 Long letters from her, quickly succeeding each other, arrived to tell all that she suffered and thought; to express her anxious solicitude for Marianne, and entreat she would bear up with fortitude under this misfortune.
4 Above all things, I resolved that I would not entreat him, and that I would die making some last poor resistance to him.
5 The gentleman was serious immediately, and looked at me, I thought, as if he would entreat me to say nothing about the window.
6 We are not likely to remain alone much longer,' said Agnes, 'and while I have an opportunity, let me earnestly entreat you, Trotwood, to be friendly to Uriah.
7 At length I ventured to take his hand, and to entreat him, as well as I could, to endeavour to get some command of himself.
8 I would entreat them not to dismiss your request, without a reference to Dora; and to discuss it with her when they should think the time suitable.
9 My darling girl,' I retorted, 'I really must entreat you to be reasonable, and listen to what I did say, and do say.
10 I entreat Mr. Traddles to bear with me in entering into these details.
11 She made a hasty gesture with her hand, as if to entreat my patience and my silence, and turned towards London, whence, as her dress betokened, she had come expeditiously on foot.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
12 We apologize in due form: we are in despair, we entreat forgiveness for the unfortunate misunderstanding.
13 Kitty began to entreat her mother still more urgently to let her make friends with Varenka.
14 I entreat permission to see him once before my departure.
15 "My feeling cannot change, you know, but I beg you, I entreat you," he said again in French, with a note of tender supplication in his voice, but with coldness in his eyes.
Example Sentence:
1 However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
2 Miracles can be worked by Him alone, although mere mortals may entreat Him by prayer to perform them on their behalf.
3 She had to entreat her father to let her stay out till midnight.
4 I wished to leave immediately after the funeral, but Georgiana entreated me to stay till she could get off to London, whither she was now at last invited by her uncle, Mr. Gibson.