impetrating

present participle of impetrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impetrating
Verb
  • Or that the hamster her daughter kept begging, begging, begging Linda to get turns out to be a raging, biting terror?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a brilliant scene in which Linda unspools a throwdown rant at O’Brien’s character, begging him to help her but not willing to meet him halfway on the patient’s couch.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Secret Garden Bar & Cafe closed abruptly during service on Friday morning after workers began petitioning passers-by about their efforts to form a union.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Shelton Vineyards is one of the oldest wineries in North Carolina and the original owners, a pair of brothers, are credited with petitioning the government for the Yadkin Valley to be formally recognized as an AVA.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Impetrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impetrating. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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