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supplicate

[suhp-li-kayt] / ˈsʌp lɪˌkeɪt /


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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

“Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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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