beseeching

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Beseeching our mother to have the talk herself has proved ineffective in the past.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013

Beseeching you, my lord, that my lady may have a mess of meat to her own lodging, with a good dish or two, that is meet for her grace to eat of.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

Beseeching, he tried to lay his hand upon her sleeve; she mistook his meaning.

From The White Sister by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Beseeching his pardon, we would speak to our sovereign Pontiff, whose kindness stimulates our boldness, whose knowledge supports our ignorance, whose patience assures indulgence.

From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo

The voice of a stranger It seemed as she listened, Of some one who answered, Beseeching, imploring, A cry from afar off She could not distinguish.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth