supplicate

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

So dire was Britain's economic predicament that it had been humiliatingly obliged to supplicate for a loan from the International Monetary Fund.

From US News ● Jul. 14, 2016

The acts of the Council of Chalcedon say that Fazius, Bishop of Tyre, in his petition to the emperor, said, 'I supplicate, prostrate, at your immaculate and divine feet.'

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

He was then the son who despairingly lies at the feet of his father, or the faithful servant who supplicates his prince.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag

“He found it his reward, Yet supplicates thy blessing and thy prayers, The blessing, saintly Stranger, of thy prayers, Sure at the least unceasingly of mine!”

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

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

You only want an attendant till you reach your family, and she merely desires and supplicates to travel free.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

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

She was announced as the Countess Elise ——, who supplicated a particular audience of his majesty.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

She knelt, and supplicated for forgiveness, seeming to commune with his spirit on the spot where his poor frail body reposed in its narrow bed.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

The bride had supplicated for me at Nykjöbing, but had not gained her object.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

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

Her pattern of withholding attention kindled an anxious, supplicating affection in her daughter, and a lifelong taste, Sontag wrote in her diary, for “weak, unhappy, confused, charming women.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019

When the children had faded silently out of the kitchen, Lillian spoke to her husband in a mollifying, supplicating tone.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy