supplicating

Example Sentences

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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

Delicacy and sweetness are supplicating, but true fury is profound.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2018

“We won’t make any decisions until you get back from your trip,” Ma said with a supplicating note to her words.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu