IMPLORED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

implored

verb

past tense of implore

as in begged

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort

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Recent Examples of implored In his final plea to the jury, Barrett implored them to consider the injuries suffered by the survivors, some with wounds in their arms and legs and one who survived a gunshot to the head, indicate Edgar didn’t intend to kill them. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Authorities implored all of them to leave and be prepared to stay away for several days, because shifting and strengthening winds were expected to make the fire even more unpredictable. — John Raby, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2026 The last, written shortly after George Floyd’s death, implored people to listen to state-champion basketball coach Mike Bethea — a black man urging the public not to stereotype cops. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin defended his organization’s fundraising record despite a massive Republican advantage and implored allies to help raise more funds in the final few months before the November midterm elections. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026 To sleuth out who the culprits are, Murashige lends on the extra-sharp deductive skills of Kanbei, who implored for death rather than imprisonment. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Mullin implored governors to work with the department to help achieve that goal. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 And this was the exact type of situation that I had been emphatically implored to avoid by the Polish detective who told us to head for the Georgian-Turkish border. — Literary Hub, 31 July 2026 Growing up on a farm in Dunnigan in rural Yolo County, located 25 miles from the Sacramento International Airport off I-5, Hernandez was implored by his father, Hugo Hernandez, to keep busy. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

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For years, shareholders had begged—and even sued—to find out more about the sale.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
In 2020, it was set to be bulldozed, until Mowery begged to give her three months.

— Lee Cowan, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

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Williams has since disputed any cognitive impairment diagnosis and has petitioned to have her guardianship removed.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
While the court challenge was pending, Sustanee’s developers separately petitioned Orange County to certify its acres to be fast-tracked under state Senate Bill 686.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

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