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  • I implor each person that is a registered Democrat to vote for the Democratic nominee, and unite to end this Republican reign of terror!

    Blitzer: Bush injects himself into Democratic politics 2008

  • So he patiently broke twig after twig till he had made a little hole through which he peeped, saying implor - ingly, ` Let me in!

    Little Women 1921

  • Feeling very much out of sorts herself, Jo hurried into the parlor to find Beth sobbing over Pip, the canary, who lay dead in the cage with his little claws pathetically extended, as if implor - ing the food for want of which he had died.

    Little Women 1921

  • One day, however, when the autumn was far advanced and the vacation drawing to a close, I received a telegram from my friend implor - ing me to return to Donnithorpe, and saying that he was in great need of my advice and assistance.

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • One day, however, when the autumn was far advanced and the vacation drawing to a close, I received a telegram from my friend implor - ing me to return to Donnithorpe, and saying that he was in great need of my advice and assistance.

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "It's the last time, old fellow," he said implor-ingly when the dog hesitated over one of them.

    Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

  • -- When they curse me, Trude, kneel, and implor God to bless me, who is the Father of love!

    Old Fritz and the New Era Peter [Translator] Langley 1843

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  • Speling implosion.

    October 8, 2008