beseech

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

Officials across the region are beseeching citizens to reduce consumption, especially between midday and sunset.

From Washington Post

Like leaders elsewhere, she might not like the people in Tokyo who, beseeched not to go out to bars, took their drinking into the streets and complained of hypocrisy by luminaries arriving in town.

From Seattle Times

On Thursday, President Joe Biden beseeched Americans to meet his deadline of having 70 percent of American adults partly or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4.

From Salon

The loss of another sidekick left Durant pressing for his own offense in atypical fashion and regularly beseeching the referees for calls that didn’t come.

From Washington Post