Imploring

Examples

• The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The honest face, so full of grief, and with such an imploring expression of affection and sympathy, struck his master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When he had spoken the last words in an imploring tone, Rosamond returned to the chair by his side. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She sent me a letter then, imploring me to go away, and saying that it would break her heart if any scandal should come upon her husband. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Little Dorrit, on the ground beside him, with her imploring hand upon his arm, watched him remorsefully. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Upon the second day of his absence I received a telegram from the major, imploring me to come at once. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Laurie backed precipitately into a corner, and put his hands behind him with an imploring gesture. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As she spoke this, she clasped her hands and extended them towards heaven, as if imploring mercy on her soul before she made the final plunge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• But Tom wouldn't rise, and looked imploring. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Amy started, and put both hands behind her, turning on him an imploring look which pleaded for her better than the words she could not utter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I tried to cheer him up by wire, and he sent me one in reply, imploring me to do all I could. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mistakes are always easy to make; but if I had made one of the kind you suggest, is it likely that I should be imploring you to hasten our marriage? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She--repulsing him with insult, and he imploring her with infatuation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• At this point of the inquiry, Oliver raised his head; and, looking round with imploring eyes, murmured a feeble prayer for a draught of water. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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