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

His attitude was too humble and the tone of his voice too supplicatory to be resisted.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The lights at the altar burnt dimly in his eyes—the loud antiphon and the supplicatory prayer fell upon a listless ear.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Next he read some passages from one of the inspirational utterances of Metz; after which followed prayer, each man, as in the evening meetings, repeating a little supplicatory verse.

From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles