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beseeching



ADJECTIVE
pleading
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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

And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya


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