supplicate
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Namo Buddha, I supplicate the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow Their blessings upon Your Majesties.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
“All the statements from Kirill are constantly, ‘Let’s do things peacefully, lets pray and supplicate.’
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
And if it would help to fall at her feet and supplicate myself, I would.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019
To restore their good standing, executives must supplicate, with minimal guidance from the party-state.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019
His voice sounds harsh, but his eyes still supplicate her, tenderly, despairingly.
From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
Therefore, this prisoner implores and supplicates at dawn, seeking strength and confirmation for the beloved of that town.
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Stepped upon by every passerby, the rose supplicates incessantly, "O man, have pity on me, restore me to my home!"
From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz
Condescend to reflect that the uncle demands, the nephew supplicates.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Sir, a wretch who has lost everything dear, supplicates your compassion.
From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Array'd in matchless beauty, Devon's fair In Fox's favour takes a zealous part; But, oh! where'er the pilferer comes beware, She supplicates a vote, and steals a heart.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827 by Various
A lama supplicated the heavenly waters by burning incense before an altar for three days.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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How have I supplicated all the saints in heaven to preserve you, to watch over you!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Events moved quietly enough when the Princess one evening in October supplicated the King that there should be no more said of the project.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
And then the prayers which had seemed cold and lifeless on her lips when she had supplicated for George Gilbert's restoration took a new colour, and were as if inspired.
From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
But this year, the vibe once again seems to have shifted—this time, away from supplicating the reelected president.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
From noon to midnight, it is alive with the buzz of crowded restaurants, supplicating panhandlers, weaving motorcycles, and pushy vendors.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022
I abandoned my front-row seat and sank to my knees, supplicating myself before the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom’s gorgeous, otherworldly images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
As I do them, moving my legs one way, my arms the other, bending and supplicating my spine, I can hear my sacral joints clicking, realigning, settling themselves, speaking to me.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018
When Mariam had seen her, Fariba said, she had asked in a high, supplicating voice, It’s normal, isn’t it ?
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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