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Examples of entreaty in a Sentence
our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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Media agencies didn’t like being made to choose one type of yardstick, however, when so many have become readily available, and NBCU’s entreaties and nudges were beginning to wear.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2024
That request may only be an opening entreaty, the people say.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2024
That request may only be an opening entreaty, the people say.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 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 May. 2024.
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