Sentence examples for virtually pleading from inspiring English sources

He's virtually pleading for the information.

Rather than run for cover, he was virtually pleading with Cook to let him have another go and his reward was to keep finding the edge of Australian bats, including that of Faulkner.

And with regular correspondents from Artrocker virtually pleading to be overlooked, the most responsible course of action seems to be to exult in the possibilities of the non-artefact.

This is not, it's worth remembering, a situation she wanted; indeed, her frenetic activity over the past week or so, virtually pleading with SNP voters to back remain, told its own story.

Nowhere was this more evident than in last week's public statement of Mr. Roh, the South Korean president-elect, virtually pleading with Pyongyang to moderate its behavior lest it undercut any credible argument for engagement.

In stark contrast, while the military-civil body of the Libyan Opposition remains opposed to a physical occupation, they have been virtually pleading for outside intervention in the form of a no-fly zone, naval blockade, as well as humanitarian and material support.

He praised Kennedy and virtually pleaded with him for his support.

But Mr. Roh had to virtually plead to get the votes he needed, which political analysts said could become a ritual for him.

The Sopranos and Fishers used to invite people into their strange mansions too, and virtually plead with them to capsize the whole fragile order.

Before a meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, one of the most important voices in the sport for the last 20 years, the retired Keeneland Association head James E. (Ted) Bassett, virtually pleaded for the organization to step forward and take control.

This terrifies virtually any white-collar defendant into pleading guilty to honest-services fraud, in return for a reduced sentence in a relatively cushy prison camp -- even if the defendant does not necessarily believe that he or she is guilty.