beseeched

Example Sentences

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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

“Please put an end to this,” a viewer from Roseburg, Ore., beseeched the federal watchdog organization.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

He beseeched Leahy to ask Flint Moss, an attorney whom Burkhart knew, to come see him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann