as in pleading
asking humbly
it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler
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as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply
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Recent Examples of entreating
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entreating
Verb
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As soon as the referee called Wildcats ball, Karaban started twirling his finger, begging his bench for a review.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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My frizzy hair is begging for some.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pärt’s formulas, born out of long, prayerful periods with sacred texts, offer beauty in the warmth and friction of relationships: melody and tintinnabuli, word and the limits of language, sounds and silence.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now the family is petitioning the Scottish government for a change in medical guidelines.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Three of those worked on criminal cases, and the other three were civil litigators who have been grappling with a deluge of requests by attorneys who are petitioning judges to release their immigrant clients from detention facilities.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Entreating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entreating. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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