Sentence example with the word 'entreaty'

entreaty

adjuration, beadroll, bidding prayer, clamor, cry, imploration, invocation, obsecration, plea, rosary, thanks

Definition n. earnest or urgent request

Last update: October 21, 2015


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In subsequent negotiations he accepted the disarmament of the besieged and a tribute as conditions of peace, and in response to their entreaty left Jerusalem without a garrison.   [noun]

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"For God's sake, Henry Morton," he continued, in a tone between rebuke and entreaty, "remember you are speaking to one of his majesty's officers high in the service."   [noun]

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She took her seat, and held forth her arms for her sister, with an air of entreaty and love that even the Huron could not deny.   [noun]

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"Sachepris is only a poor slave," said the woman raising her hands in entreaty.   [noun]

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"You are angry with my mother," said the younger man with a look of melancholy entreaty, "but you know there is nothing that she would not sacrifice for the faith."   [noun]

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Polykarp looked Paulus in the face with anxious and urgent entreaty, pointing to the dog as much as to say, "You must know, for here is the evidence."   [noun]

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But all the children now joined in the entreaty to be allowed to build the stable too, and it was granted.   [noun]

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