suppliantly
- a word derived from suppliant.
Example Sentences
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And Josephine, her face bathed in tears, sank before him and raised her folded hands suppliantly to Fouche.
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Bursting into loud, melodious laughter, she sat at his feet, and, pressing her glowing face against his knees, looked searchingly and suppliantly into his eyes.
From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
As she spoke, she rose, and walking softly up to him where he sat kneeled at his knees, and held out suppliantly a little bag of white silk, tied with crimson.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
I turn suppliantly unto the ocean of God’s bounty and the heaven of Divine mercy, and hope that He will blot out with the pen of His grace and bounteousness the misdeeds of this servant.
From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh
As she spoke she rose, and walking softly up to him where he sat, kneeled at his knees and held out suppliantly a little bag of white silk tied with crimson.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
