beseech

Example Sentences

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“Please put an end to this,” a viewer from Roseburg, Ore., beseeched the federal watchdog organization.

From Los Angeles Times

Assembled inside a megachurch, longtime local party leaders beseeched the crowd of hundreds to mark their choices on ballots and trust machines to count them.

From Washington Post

The climactic second act, “Auction,” beseeches its audience to bid for “viewing rights” to Arctic forests, to keep them out of harm’s way.

From Washington Post

But for families of those buried, including some who have repeatedly beseeched the parish for information on their ancestors, there was nothing new about it.

From Washington Post

“Hank, I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi, a devout member of that faith, dryly told the beseeching Mr. Paulson.

From New York Times