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1. I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
2. I entreat permission to see him once before my departure.
3. She had to entreat her father to let her stay out till midnight.
4. However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
5. I entreat Mr. Traddles to bear with me in entering into these details.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENTREAT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
entreat
 v.  plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1  I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  She instantly begged her sister would entreat Lady Middleton to take them home, as she was too miserable to stay a minute longer.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
3  Long letters from her, quickly succeeding each other, arrived to tell all that she suffered and thought; to express her anxious solicitude for Marianne, and entreat she would bear up with fortitude under this misfortune.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
4  Above all things, I resolved that I would not entreat him, and that I would die making some last poor resistance to him.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
5  The gentleman was serious immediately, and looked at me, I thought, as if he would entreat me to say nothing about the window.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
6  We are not likely to remain alone much longer,' said Agnes, 'and while I have an opportunity, let me earnestly entreat you, Trotwood, to be friendly to Uriah.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
7  At length I ventured to take his hand, and to entreat him, as well as I could, to endeavour to get some command of himself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS
8  I would entreat them not to dismiss your request, without a reference to Dora; and to discuss it with her when they should think the time suitable.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
9  My darling girl,' I retorted, 'I really must entreat you to be reasonable, and listen to what I did say, and do say.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
10  I entreat Mr. Traddles to bear with me in entering into these details.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
11  She made a hasty gesture with her hand, as if to entreat my patience and my silence, and turned towards London, whence, as her dress betokened, she had come expeditiously on foot.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
12  We apologize in due form: we are in despair, we entreat forgiveness for the unfortunate misunderstanding.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 5
13  Kitty began to entreat her mother still more urgently to let her make friends with Varenka.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 31
14  I entreat permission to see him once before my departure.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 23
15  "My feeling cannot change, you know, but I beg you, I entreat you," he said again in French, with a note of tender supplication in his voice, but with coldness in his eyes.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 32
Example Sentence:
1  However much you may entreat him, you will get little or nothing.
2  Miracles can be worked by Him alone, although mere mortals may entreat Him by prayer to perform them on their behalf.
3  She had to entreat her father to let her stay out till midnight.
4  I wished to leave immediately after the funeral, but Georgiana entreated me to stay till she could get off to London, whither she was now at last invited by her uncle, Mr. Gibson.