impassioned plea• The sisters are concerned and making an impassioned plea.• If the impassioned pleas are directed at those close to the culprits, I can not see them having much effect.• The PrincessRoyalyesterday made an impassioned plea for help on behalf of the country's six million carers.• The parents' impassioned pleas that the best places of safety for their children were with their families was disregarded.