supplicatory

Example Sentences

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In Moscow, officials are playing down Putin’s supplicatory position.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

And yet while Dylan’s lyrical gift is wild, copious, and immoderate, Cohen’s is precise, supplicatory and cloistral.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2016

The lights at the altar burnt dimly in his eyes—the loud antiphon and the supplicatory prayer fell upon a listless ear.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

His attitude was too humble and the tone of his voice too supplicatory to be resisted.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

He was called and introduced and the request put to him by Jannish, in his most elaborate and supplicatory style.

From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia