as in begs
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask
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Which begs a larger question, really.
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The family begs for a twilight cruise, but the battery is already tapped out.
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The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance.
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Huppert entreats her to help locate this potentially deadly ancient tome, and assist in furnishing an all-out vampire gala in the process (replete, again, with dazzling looks).
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Felder entreats us to reject both optimism and cynicism.
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“Importunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/importunes. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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