Entreating

Examples

• The housekeeper stood wringing her hands, entreating me to desist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I would have kept away, but she came after me, entreating me to come in too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Let me take my first and last advantage of that circumstance by entreating you not to make a stranger of me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is of no use entreating him; he is determined to speak now, and he does. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Henry is entreating her to come; she declines. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I see her now looking up into my face, and entreating me to prevent them from smothering her, and to be sure and give her a strong narcotic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I then wrote to Mrs. Fairfax, entreating information on the subject. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Soon I heard him earnestly entreating me to be composed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She was very earnestly and humbly entreating Miss Murdstone's pardon, which that lady granted, and a perfect reconciliation took place. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Here is a note from her, entreating you to accede to the request of Mr Mortimer Lightwood, the bearer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The poor creature held out her hands, entreating me for the love of God not to send her away from me in her last moments. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He overtook her in a few quick strides, and laid an entreating hand on her arm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Rawdon was only too happy at her resolve; he had been entreating her to take this measure any time for weeks past. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What has been my history, that I should be at the pains of entreating either them or you not to have it so! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Entreating him therefore to remain a few minutes at the bottom of the stairs, I darted up towards my own room. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

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