entreatingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“Let me see it” requested the young woman, entreatingly.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
“Master,” she said, in a low voice, with her eyes attentively and entreatingly fixed upon him.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
“Let me see it,” requested the young woman, entreatingly.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
But don't tell him my name all at once, Duchess darling," she whispered entreatingly; "let him fall in love with me without knowing that I am his affianced bride—for that might prejudice him against me.
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"Hush! hush! dear sister! some one is coming," said Margaretha, entreatingly.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
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