beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
beseechingly
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a word derived from
beseech.
Example Sentences
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Or, as Rep. Stacey Plaskett put it, simply, beseechingly, on Wednesday, “This happened.”
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2021
Then she lifted her thin, blue-veined hands and clasped them beseechingly.
From Time ● Oct. 14, 2016
“John,” Cruz says, beseechingly, “this party is really just for people who have a path forward at the convention.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2016
At the end of each song, she held her arms out beseechingly, like a child making angels in the snow.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
She turned to the king, beseechingly, but he, too, looked away, his face crumpled with distaste.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
