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beseechingly



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Or, as Rep. Stacey Plaskett put it, simply, beseechingly, on Wednesday, “This happened.”

From Slate Feb. 11, 2021

My parents said this as a command but looked at me beseechingly as I lumbered up the stairs toward the bed.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2018

Then she lifted her thin, blue-veined hands and clasped them beseechingly.

From Time Oct. 14, 2016

“John,” Cruz says, beseechingly, “this party is really just for people who have a path forward at the convention.”

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2016

He stroked his flat, white cheek against the smoothness of her dress, looking at her beseechingly.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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