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Meanings of beseeching in English

Portuguese
suplicante
Spanish
suplicante

Begging.

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        Usage of beseeching in English
        1
        The offer of help was in the tone, in its timid beseeching.
        The Street Called Straight
        2
        He was threatening her and beseeching her indulgence in the same look.
        The Coast of Chance
        3
        The young widow clung anxiously to his arm, gasping in beseeching accents:
        Joshua — Volume 3
        4
        Besides, the almost beseeching way the men looked at him was irritating.
        Lonesome dove
        5
        The way one might grimace while beseeching God to grant one patience.
        Seduced by a highlander
        6
        He prayed mentally, beseeching the intercession of the Virgin, of the saints.
        Veranilda
        7
        His words are beseeching and his look is angry rather than playful.
        The great lover
        8
        You need a teacher. He was beseeching and insistent all at once.
        Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
        9
        Suddenly she raised her eyes with the beseeching earnestness of a child.
        The House of Mirth
        10
        She has taken to beseeching me to stop going over the Falls.
        Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms.
        11
        Melissa turned toward the emperor, and stretching out beseeching hands, she cried:
        A Thorny Path — Volume 08
        12
        But he felt her at the door, and held out beseeching arms.
        The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
        13
        Her expression was beseeching, like, Drummond, please, fight your self-righteous instincts .
        The Kingmaker
        14
        FRIDAY.-Shehas taken to beseeching me to stop going over the Falls.
        The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
        15
        He flung out a beseeching hand as the horse beneath him collapsed.
        Scarlet
        16
        With an anxious and beseeching look, Maxence was consulting M. de Tregars.
        Other People's Money
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        Portuguese
        suplicante
        Beseeching through the time
        Beseeching across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common