Imploring: meaning, definitions and examples

Used when someone is making a desperate or earnest request, often with a sense of urgency and emotional intensity.

• She looked at him with imploring eyes, silently begging for his help

Used for making a very serious and urgent request, often implying a power imbalance or sense of desperation.

• The homeless man begged for some change from the passersby

Used to express a heartfelt and earnest appeal, often in a respectful or formal manner.

• I beseech you, please reconsider your decision

Used in situations requiring a polite but earnest request, often in literary or formal contexts.

• He entreated his friend to stay a little longer

Used when someone is asking for something with an intense emotion, often in legal or serious personal situations; can carry a sense of desperation or urgency.

• The defendant pleaded not guilty in court

Used when someone is deeply begging or asking for something with urgency and emotion.

• She looked at him with imploring eyes, hoping he would understand her plight

Used in formal or polite situations to ask for something.

• She submitted a request for vacation leave
• He requested an extension on his project deadline

Used in general situations where a person is requesting information, help, or a favor.

• Can you ask him to call me back? She asked for directions to the museum

Used in formal situations, often involving a written request signed by many people to an authority or organization.

• The residents signed a petition to stop the new construction project

Used to emphasize emotional or earnest asking, often when someone is desperate or in a legal context.

• He pleaded with his parents to let him go to the concert
• She pleaded not guilty in the court