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

"Mercy, august lady," cried Alfidius,—for the chief executioner was he,—with a supplicatory gesture.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

Her letter was supplicatory, spasmodic, full of sorrow, and full of love.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony