Entreating Sentence Examples

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  • He therefore sent a message in all haste to Musa, entreating him to come speedily.

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  • The commander of the regiment turned to Prince Bagration, entreating him to go back as it was too dangerous to remain where they were.

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  • This usage is particularly important for cheerleading coaches who will find themselves entreating school administration for funding.

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  • A`yan, who was already at Holwan on his way back to Merv, entreating him to come to his aid.

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  • Upon Milan and the cities of western Lombardy the hand of Attila seems to have weighed more lightly, plundering rather than utterly destroying; and at last when Pope Leo I., at the head of a deputation of Romall senators, appeared in his camp on the banks of the Mincio, entreating him not to pursue his victorious career to the gates of Rome, he yielded to their entreaties and consented to cross the Alps, with a menace, however, of future return, should the wrongs of Honoria remain unredressed.

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  • Not only were huge sums offered for the horses and carts, but on the previous evening and early in the morning of the first of September, orderlies and servants sent by wounded officers came to the Rostovs' and wounded men dragged themselves there from the Rostovs' and from neighboring houses where they were accommodated, entreating the servants to try to get them a lift out of Moscow.

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