supplicant

Example Sentences

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Mr. Putin sits hunched and tensed at the other end, an autocrat reduced to a supplicant.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

This time, therefore, it was the Russian leader who came to China's capital as the supplicant.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2022

She returns to them here like a supplicant at her prayer book: begging to understand them even just a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Another supplicant wanted a piece of the lottery winnings to get her driveway paved.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

But the Gods have other things to do: they cannot attend to the pleas of every supplicant who dares to raise his cares to heaven.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya