beseech

At the All-Star Game, Trout might well hear Phillies fans beseech him to come play for the home team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Reflecting his deep interest in religion and spirituality, above the door is inscribed the prayer: "Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord."

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“I beseech you to control him, if you can.”

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2023

"I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will."

From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023

At every meal she would beseech him not to be selfish and to remember that his little sister was sick and also needed food, but it was no use.

From "1984" by George Orwell

In a sequence that would mortify anyone averse to audience participation, he gently beseeches a handful of patrons to stand with their hands up and foreheads against the wall, like a row of perpetrators.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

The IRS beseeches taxpayers to avoid paper like the plague: Do not file paper returns and do not ask for a paper refund check if you want timely action.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

TV reporter Bruce Nolan, who beseeches God for divine intervention after he loses a job promotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019

As in the ’33 Kong, Carl Denham beseeches his leading lady to scream, but rather than a Fay Wray shriek, Pitts offers a warrior’s cry—one that echoes Kong’s.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018

If the dead can appear to the living, Lourdes beseeches God through tears, allow Victor to show himself so she can say good-bye.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

"The year of 2024 demands your response - from everyone in the world," he beseeched delegates when he spoke from the top podium.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024

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

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

They recited a litany of examples of Price bringing badly needed resources to his district, and beseeched the committee not to leave them without representation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

“Why, Felicia?” her best friend, Herminia, beseeched her, all the while rubbing Felicia’s forehead with herbs behind the nurse’s back.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Anaheim besought the court’s help but lost, and the team became just the Los Angeles Angels once more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

When the Fire Department ordered him to take it down, Van Meter besought a higher civic judgment — and lo!

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

As a result, JWST’s development was besought by years of delays and setbacks, causing the project’s budget to grow to nearly $10 billion.

From The Verge ● Jul. 11, 2022

Determined, she took the train to Topeka and besought the state attorney general, also to no avail.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021

As if I had besought them as a favour to bother my life out.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Mr. Xi’s restraint, by contrast, made it appear as if he viewed Mr. Trump as the beseeching party in the relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

We passed multiple radar speed signs, declaiming mph numbers, beseeching drivers to slow down.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025

She looks up at him, her eyes beseeching.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen