supplicate

Example Sentences

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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

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

Before besieging a city, the Romans were accustomed to supplicate the presiding deities of that city.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole