supplicant

Example Sentences

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Boy Kavalier thinks he’s king of the planet with everyone else supplicant to his will.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

“It’s not in being a supplicant to the state government.”

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2021

Another supplicant wanted a piece of the lottery winnings to get her driveway paved.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

When they ask a witness if he believes in the Triad, they do so with a quivering tone, as if they were priests asking a supplicant if he believes in God.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2021

In contrast to the Catholicism of school, the Mexican Catholicism of home was less concerned with man the sinner than with man the supplicant.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez