beseech
Example Sentences
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“I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can’t, I will. I will excuse him and draw every negative inference that I can,” said Engoron.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2023
"I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will."
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023
Engoron later told Kise again, "I beseech you to control him if you can."
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023
Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our mediator and redeemer.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022
Wang Lung was pleased at her strength, although he cared nothing for festivities on this year, and he sent Cuckoo in to beseech Liu, the grain merchant, seeing how sad the case was.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.