supplication
Example Sentences
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In his characteristic manner, the judge mixed commendation, supplication and insinuation, mangling metaphors and whole sentences in service of cutting insights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
But he added that "when a blessing is requested, it is expressing a plea to God for help, a supplication to live better".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Two hundred years ago, the Congress of the United States issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation stating that it was ‘the indispensable duty of all nations to offer both praise and supplication to God.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
But she insists she won't comply until he frees her and then offer supplication.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2022
He smiles at me, shaking his head as he steps towards me, his hands still raised in supplication.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing supplication
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Grade 12, List 3
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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