beseeched

Example Sentences

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Celtic staff beseeched them to clear off but their pleas were ignored.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

He beseeched the U.S. government to dip into the millions of dollars Congress annually allocates to compensate victims of U.S. attacks.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

The United Nations, aid groups and Israeli human rights groups have beseeched Israel to allow water and emergency deliveries of fuel to flow into the Gaza Strip.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Worried that Ang Dorje was so distraught that he might refuse to go down, Hutchison beseeched him to descend from the Col immediately.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer