She looked at me with a passionate expression of entreaty.
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Entreaty
/ɛnˈtɹiːti/
Synonyms for "entreaty" (74 found)
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imprecationintercessioninvocationinvocatory pleakyrie eleisonlitanymeditationobsecrationobtestationorisonpaternosterpetitionpleaprayerprayer wheelrequestrogationrosarysilent prayersuit
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political urging
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6 entriesearnest entreatyentreaty for mercyentreaty to Godformal entreatypublic entreatyreligious entreaty
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Side by side on the narrow shawl knelt the two wanderers, the little prattling child and the reckless, hardened adventurer. Her chubby face and his haggard, angular visage were both turned up to the cloudless heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that dread Being with whom they were face to face, while the two voices—the one thin and clear, the other deep and harsh—united in the entreaty for mercy and forgiveness.
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1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202, In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.
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She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.
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