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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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Some Southwestern Native Americans peoples, like the Taos Pueblo, also believe that dancing, in this case as a spiritual entreaty or invocation to the weather, might bring about cold weather and even snow, so perhaps there’s something to the tradition.
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Katrina Donham, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
In response to Jeffries’s entreaties for Republicans to back the Democrats’ partisan bill, Fitzpatrick offered his own challenge across the aisle.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
In his text message a few hours earlier, Ellison made a more personal entreaty to Zaslav, one that apparently fell on deaf ears.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
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Katrina Donham, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
In response to Jeffries’s entreaties for Republicans to back the Democrats’ partisan bill, Fitzpatrick offered his own challenge across the aisle.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
In his text message a few hours earlier, Ellison made a more personal entreaty to Zaslav, one that apparently fell on deaf ears.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
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 31 Dec. 2025.
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