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supplicating

adjective as in appealing

adjective as in pleading

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Example Sentences

At times she seemed to hold out empty, supplicating hands, palms outward, showing that she could give no more.

The man got to his knees and, turning, raised supplicating hands.

A very handsome footman, not only in white gloves but in white calves, was soon supplicating him to deign to enter a lift.

Already excited, Eusapia asks in a supplicating voice and broken words that we lessen the lights.

And as she drew away from him her hands went out, were pressed together with an imploring, supplicating gesture.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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