supplicate

Example Sentences

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Ball intended it to look as though the man were rising to freedom, but to many, it looks like he is bowing down or supplicating to Lincoln.

From Washington Post

The Spartans had cannily supplicated the god and he in return had promised victory.

From The Guardian

Sasse said Xi likely hid the spread of the virus on purpose because there's "an adage now in China where everybody supplicates and bows before Chairman Xi."

From Fox News

But our rogue president and his supplicating supporters should not escape the justice of history.

From Washington Post

But while its competitors were giving grandiose speeches and supplicating at the White House, the company’s content-moderation choices stood out as an example of a social network with a moral compass.

From New York Times