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

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

Mr. Lobukhin, a St. Petersburg dancer who left that city’s Mariinsky Ballet in 2010 to join the Bolshoi, was beautifully made up; he often turned wide eyes beseechingly on both Giselle and the audience.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2014

“Dorothy, Mr. Sorenson is not convinced . . .” She stops and touches her neck, glances beseechingly at Mr. Post.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline