as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort
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Recent Examples of implore
In the minutes before the vote Tuesday evening, Republican leaders could be seen buttonholing defectors on the House floor, imploring them to support the budget resolution.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Republican consultant Gregg Keller implored the Trump administration not to abandon Musk, despite growing opposition.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
Parents at the ballet school were starting to whisper, and her dance teachers implored her parents to see a nutritionist.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
The Avengers in this timeline—yes, the very same group who disbanded after many years of adventures until Harrison Ford's Thaddeus Ross pointedly implores Cap to put a new super-team together—will have to fight The Avengers from other timelines.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Republican consultant Gregg Keller implored the Trump administration not to abandon Musk, despite growing opposition.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
Parents at the ballet school were starting to whisper, and her dance teachers implored her parents to see a nutritionist.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
The Avengers in this timeline—yes, the very same group who disbanded after many years of adventures until Harrison Ford's Thaddeus Ross pointedly implores Cap to put a new super-team together—will have to fight The Avengers from other timelines.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for implore
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“Implore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implore. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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