supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
were 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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A shell has struck its base, and over the town at right angles to the tower leans the Virgin imploringly holding the babe outstretched as though she were supplicating its protection.
From "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh) Knyvett
At the station I came across the remnants of the Milan Opera Company which had been stranded some fortnight previously, and whose members were supplicating aid towards getting to New York.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
He made an astonishing picture, with his thin arms outstretched in support, as though he were supplicating the white man's god.
From Aliens by William McFee
She then threw her arms imploringly and tenderly about his neck, and looking into his eyes as if she were supplicating for immortal salvation at his hands, she said, "Oh, papa, have compassion on me."
From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
Both were supplicating the Father of All that their home might be spared.
From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler
