supplicate
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Namo Buddha, I supplicate the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow Their blessings upon Your Majesties.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
“All the statements from Kirill are constantly, ‘Let’s do things peacefully, lets pray and supplicate.’
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
And if it would help to fall at her feet and supplicate myself, I would.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019
To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019
He is not to pray for prosperity, nor to supplicate that trials may be removed.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
You only want an attendant till you reach your family, and she merely desires and supplicates to travel free.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
He assures you all that, in his visits to the Holy Shrines, he remembers you lovingly in his prayers, and supplicates for your guidance and the advancement of your work....
From The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Shoghi Effendi
Already, on the Hudson's dancing wave, He chides the sluggish rowers, or supplicates For gales propitious; that his eager arms May clasp his wife, may bless his little ones.
From André by Montrose Jonas Moses
Continually this wanderer supplicates and entreats at the threshold of His Holiness the One and begs assistance, bounty and heavenly confirmations in behalf of the believers.
From Tablets of the Divine Plan by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Therefore, this prisoner implores and supplicates at dawn, seeking strength and confirmation for the beloved of that town.
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
A lama supplicated the heavenly waters by burning incense before an altar for three days.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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That the king shall be supplicated to obtain a bull from the Pope to ratify these measures.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
Still, however, Harriet Martineau supplicated for spiritual benefits, as we have seen in the little volume of Devotional Exercises.
From Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller
The mother on her knees, supplicated for spiritual influence to annihilate their sufferings by death, but the fiery-willed player still kept courage, “I will go on, I will hope against hope!!”
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by H. G. Somerville
From noon to midnight, it is alive with the buzz of crowded restaurants, supplicating panhandlers, weaving motorcycles, and pushy vendors.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022
As I do them, moving my legs one way, my arms the other, bending and supplicating my spine, I can hear my sacral joints clicking, realigning, settling themselves, speaking to me.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018
Simultaneous with the lawsuit against the NYSAC, supporters and promoters continued searching the country, supplicating cities and their officials to allow Ali to fight.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2016
Fallon pretended to be a supplicating fan of Tom Hanks, who dropped a twenty on him without batting an eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
“We won’t make any decisions until you get back from your trip,” Ma said with a supplicating note to her words.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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