supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
was supplicating
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past progressiveof supplicate.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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The face that met his was supplicating; the eyes were bluer than a spring day.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
While she spoke, perhaps, the condemned nobleman was supplicating on his knees to God for that mercy which was withheld by man.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson
As Fouché was supplicating for grace the other two went to fetch their horses.
From In the Shadow of Death by P. H. Kritzinger
One day, while he was supplicating in church, his brother Angelo passed near him, and said to a friend, scoffingly: "Go, ask him to sell you some drops of his sweat."
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
At one time he believed he was supplicating the Knight to accord him some slight favor, as he had done more than once successfully.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
