beseechingly

Example Sentences

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Or, as Rep. Stacey Plaskett put it, simply, beseechingly, on Wednesday, “This happened.”

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2021

The man thanked us, but then met our gaze beseechingly and said, “How did you know?”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Then she lifted her thin, blue-veined hands and clasped them beseechingly.

From Time • Oct. 14, 2016

“John,” Cruz says, beseechingly, “this party is really just for people who have a path forward at the convention.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2016

“Will you get out of here?” he yelped beseechingly, and shoved Aarfy over with ah his strength.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller