supplicate

Namo Buddha, I supplicate the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow Their blessings upon Your Majesties.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023

“All the statements from Kirill are constantly, ‘Let’s do things peacefully, lets pray and supplicate.’

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

And if it would help to fall at her feet and supplicate myself, I would.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019

To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019

Prepare a meeting, chant verses, supplicate guidance for the babe; then give the name and enjoy beverages and sweetmeats.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson

Sorrow in any shape, should meet with pity; but when it supplicates in female form, we dry its tears, nor wait to ask what caus'd them!

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter

Signor Fiorelli thinks he recognizes in this picture Turnus, Lavinia, and Amata, when the queen supplicates Turnus not to fight with the Trojans.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

Stepped upon by every passerby, the rose supplicates incessantly, "O man, have pity on me, restore me to my home!"

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz

Condescend to reflect that the uncle demands, the nephew supplicates.

From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

He remembers you and all the N.S.A. members in his prayers most lovingly, and supplicates for your success and that strength may be given you to discharge your many important duties.

From Unfolding Destiny by Shoghi Effendi

A lama supplicated the heavenly waters by burning incense before an altar for three days.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

"Don't you pay no 'tention to Nancy, Mr. Lindsay," she supplicated: "Nancy, she has to work so hard, and she gits so tired and nervous: Nancy don't mean no harm!"

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley

On October 11th he declared that he should be ruined in the affair, and supplicated his Majesty to reflect whether it would be for the "welfare of the State," to make these "horrors" public.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine

But he drove on without replying; though, growing now alarmed, she called, supplicated, and menaced in turn.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

But this year, the vibe once again seems to have shifted—this time, away from supplicating the reelected president.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

From noon to midnight, it is alive with the buzz of crowded restaurants, supplicating panhandlers, weaving motorcycles, and pushy vendors.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022

Her pattern of withholding attention kindled an anxious, supplicating affection in her daughter, and a lifelong taste, Sontag wrote in her diary, for “weak, unhappy, confused, charming women.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019

As I do them, moving my legs one way, my arms the other, bending and supplicating my spine, I can hear my sacral joints clicking, realigning, settling themselves, speaking to me.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018

When Mariam had seen her, Fariba said, she had asked in a high, supplicating voice, It’s normal, isn’t it ?

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini