beseech

“I beseech you to control him, if you can.”

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

“If I should die, I beseech my lord to see that my letters are delivered.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Her letter beseeches the Administration to move “quickly” and with “urgency” on the federal review needed to expand the Algonquin gas pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The IRS beseeches taxpayers to avoid paper like the plague: Do not file paper returns and do not ask for a paper refund check if you want timely action.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

TV reporter Bruce Nolan, who beseeches God for divine intervention after he loses a job promotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019

Over a two-chord throb, Mr. Atkinson beseeches: “Do you need me?/Do you always want me by your side?”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2017

If the dead can appear to the living, Lourdes beseeches God through tears, allow Victor to show himself so she can say good-bye.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Celtic staff beseeched them to clear off but their pleas were ignored.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

He beseeched the U.S. government to dip into the millions of dollars Congress annually allocates to compensate victims of U.S. attacks.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024

The United Nations, aid groups and Israeli human rights groups have beseeched Israel to allow water and emergency deliveries of fuel to flow into the Gaza Strip.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

Many in the audience, meanwhile, beseeched the board to rethink the move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Worried that Ang Dorje was so distraught that he might refuse to go down, Hutchison beseeched him to descend from the Col immediately.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Anaheim besought the court’s help but lost, and the team became just the Los Angeles Angels once more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

When the Fire Department ordered him to take it down, Van Meter besought a higher civic judgment — and lo!

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

As a result, JWST’s development was besought by years of delays and setbacks, causing the project’s budget to grow to nearly $10 billion.

From The Verge ● Jul. 11, 2022

Determined, she took the train to Topeka and besought the state attorney general, also to no avail.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021

When Cuckoo would have answered angrily to this, Wang Lung besought her and led her out, saying, “That one does not know what words mean, now.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

Mr. Xi’s restraint, by contrast, made it appear as if he viewed Mr. Trump as the beseeching party in the relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Little wonder the local community is beseeching the heavens for rain.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

We passed multiple radar speed signs, declaiming mph numbers, beseeching drivers to slow down.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Business and union leaders joined in publicly and privately, beseeching him not to go down this idiotic road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025

I stare at him, beseeching the aliens or Clark Gable or whoever’s in charge of soul abductions to bring back my brother.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson