supplicatory

Example Sentences

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In Moscow, officials are playing down Putin’s supplicatory position.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2023

And yet while Dylan’s lyrical gift is wild, copious, and immoderate, Cohen’s is precise, supplicatory and cloistral.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2016

"You cannot see my father, mother," she said in a broken and supplicatory tone.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

A procession was therefore instantly ordered, which we joined with flying colours and a few crosses, the image of the Virgin Mary being carried in front, and we sang supplicatory hymns as we moved along.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

"Let me go," he said again, with a look of supplicatory appeal.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir