beseech

He wrote letters, made phone calls, and beseeched every major pharmaceutical company—not a single one was interested.

In the final days of the race, Romney beseeched supporters to engage in a kind of hand-to-hand combat.

At last he lay upon the floor, while around her, Mrs. Merley and the other girl begged and beseeched.

When Schiller at length beseeched us to separate, and it was necessary we should obey, Oroboni burst into a flood of tears.