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our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.
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Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Esme forgoes a generic entreaty at the feet of her girlboss and instead makes a cunning personal plea for better judgment from her mentor.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Newsom has rebuffed those entreaties, and the White House seems no closer to making any significant moves forward.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Otherwise, do your best to ignore their entreaties and build your life with your husband based on your plans, not their projections.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
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Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Esme forgoes a generic entreaty at the feet of her girlboss and instead makes a cunning personal plea for better judgment from her mentor.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Newsom has rebuffed those entreaties, and the White House seems no closer to making any significant moves forward.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Otherwise, do your best to ignore their entreaties and build your life with your husband based on your plans, not their projections.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for entreaty
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“Entreaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entreaty. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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