beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
had beseeched
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past perfectof beseech.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Recalling the 1962 Cuban missile crisis in that book, Khrushchev branded Fidel Castro a “hothead” who had beseeched Moscow to attack the United States.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Some elected city officials had beseeched the government to delay the eviction until the family exhausted possible legal remedies.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
Almost as telling was that even the devoted Broncos fans who had beseeched Fox and Elway to give Tebow a chance, grew restless Sunday afternoon.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2011
She knew now why he had beseeched her to think of him as doing what he thought was right.
From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James H. Richardson
Lady Lufton had beseeched him to be gentle with her.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
