beseech

Example Sentences

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"I really beseech the court to allow this trial to continue," he added.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

I also besought Michael Harrison for his insights.

From Los Angeles Times

Tormented by spiritual agony and the systemic lupus that would kill her at 39, O’Connor, a lifelong Catholic, beseeches him: “I long for grace,” she cries.

From New York Times