beseeched
Example Sentences
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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
A woman dressed as a dugong, a rare marine mammal, beseeched passers-by to end the burning of fossil fuels.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
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
It had previously criticised Beijing for spreading "scientifically unfounded claims", and on Thursday evening, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida again beseeched Beijing to look at the research.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
Worried that Ang Dorje was so distraught that he might refuse to go down, Hutchison beseeched him to descend from the Col immediately.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
