was beseeching
- past progressive of beseech.
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
He was beseeching of manner and despairing of tone.
From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn
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
David never could resist the Mhor when he was beseeching.
From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.
Some years after Theodora's death, a poet, desiring to gratify the emperor, recalled the memory of the excellent, beautiful and wise sovereign, "who was beseeching at the throne of grace God's favor on her spouse."
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
