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Example sentences for "entreats"

Lexicographically close words:
entreate; entreated; entreaties; entreating; entreatingly; entreaty; entred; entree; entrees; entremets
  1. But for two minutes he entreats an audience.

  2. In his speech at the council-table, he entreats the king that he, who had the honour to be his majesty's favourite, might now give up that title to them.

  3. Charles entreats Elizabeth to prove her good faith by deeds and not by words; to act openly on a point which admits of no dissimulation.

  4. He entreats her to tell him the truth, to confess to him why she was always so sad, why she has killed herself.

  5. Anathema entreats the Guardian to give him access.

  6. I had a letter from Molly, in which she entreats me to write to my son, who is, as you know, a judge in the Rampoor Settlement.

  7. He begs and entreats your Majesty, in consideration of the aforesaid, to order the grant increased to the number of twelve religious, more or less, as may be your Majesty's pleasure.

  8. Tony again entreats that the subject may be no longer pursued, saying emphatically, "William Guppy, drop it!

  9. Farther on he entreats her, as a person signed with the Cross, and a sharer in the sufferings of Jesus Christ, to commend to God, though in an agony of pain, an affair of much importance which concerned the glory of God.

  10. We must comfort this poor brother, who entreats us for help.

  11. The King entreats the United States, as his friends, not to lose a moment in acting as vigorously as possible against the common enemy.

  12. He entreats Congress to take it into consideration, and he has no doubt that the resolution, which that body shall pass upon the subject, will be as advantageous to the subjects of his Catholic Majesty as justice will allow.

  13. After putting everything in order, she closes the door because the wind is high, and in her anxiety not to lose one word of what I have to say, she entreats artlessly a little place near me.

  14. The good priest, accepting that title as truly belonging to me, entreats my pardon for not having addressed me as such.

  15. The stadtholder entreats you to quiet this rebellion and--" "And to revoke my decrees, is it not so?

  16. My brother, the empress earnestly entreats you, by the tears she has shed for your sake, to desist from fighting!

  17. But yesterday I received a letter from my husband, in which he no longer entreats me, but dares, as he himself expresses it, to command me to leave Berlin two days after the receipt of his letter.

  18. My brother refers me wholly to you; he assures me I can confide entirely in your silence and discretion, and entreats me to assist you in the attainment of your object.

  19. Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright.

  20. And, when the solemn and deep church bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away.

  21. Oh, don't say that," entreats Desmond, who has a wholesome affection for the old gentleman above at Coole.

  22. The poor lady begs and entreats me to be magnanimous.

  23. I suppose on account of the ship coming to Bohemia, and of the chasm of sixteen years between the third and fourth acts, which Time as a prologue entreats us to overleap.

  24. He entreats for you The Citadel of Saint Bennet, that belong'd To the banish'd Bologna.

  25. She entreats you take 't not ill: the innocent Shall be the more approv'd by it.

  26. I will go plain me to my lord the king, And cry aloud for justice through the court, Wearing the flints with these my wither'd feet, And either purchase justice by entreats Or tire them all with my revenging threats.

  27. See, lord ambassador, how Spain entreats Their prisoner Balthazar, thy viceroy's son: We pleasure more in kindness than in wars.

  28. He recounts the wonders of the place, and entreats the government to send out a pioneer expedition to win an empire across the sea.

  29. He has now discovered himself as Robert's father, and produced an infernal compact of union, which he entreats his son to sign.

  30. That remains for you to decide"; replied the duc de Richelieu; "but however it may be, madame du Barry entreats of you not to think of removing the king to Versailles.

  31. He is informed of all he owes you, and entreats your acceptance of his most grateful and respectful acknowledgments.

  32. The communication comes from the bishop of Nocera, Clementina's second brother; who entreats Sir Charles to make one more visit to Bologna.

  33. In vain Brangaene entreats her mistress not to signal for Tristan.

  34. He pleads with her and entreats her to remember his love for her, and speaks also of the encouragement which she once gave him.

  35. Beckmesser, greatly disturbed lest his serenade be ruined, entreats Sachs to cease singing.

  36. Cannot my love persuade thee from this mood, Nor all my fair entreats and blandishments?

  37. My masters, you that be the chiefest of the rout, The king entreats you kindly here by me To come and speak with him a word or two.

  38. See, lord Ambassador, how Spain entreats Their prisoner Balthazar, thy viceroy's son: We pleasure more in kindness than in wars.


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