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Bracketed to the wall was a small shelf holding a plaster statue of the blue-robed Virgin Mary with her hands held out supplicatingly.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Thou wilt have time for consideration, and thou wilt throw thyself supplicatingly into my arms....

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

Then he revolted from it and glanced at his companions supplicatingly.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold

“Oh, Eli, pray, pray spare me this,” cried Mrs Mallow, supplicatingly.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

He saw that she was speaking swiftly, supplicatingly; her hands were clasped; all this he could see but no slightest sound came to him.

From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson