beseech
verb (used with object)
to implore urgently.
was beseeching
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past progressiveof beseech.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Though his presidential campaign was a shambles, Muskie was beseeching the delegates to stand fast at the state convention.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, do!” and Dil’s breath came with an entreating gasp, while her face was beseeching love.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
The music was beseeching, it moved the very heart.
From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Remember he was beseeching a great cardinal in favor of a poor destitute boy whom he loved as a brother.
From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers
As I guess'd, she was beseeching the sailors to take her back to the sloop, nor leave her to these villains.
From The Splendid Spur by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
