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Significados de supplicatory em inglês

Humbly entreating.

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Examples for "suppliant"
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See, the mother is a suppliant to the son for the son.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 08
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Impersonal, unresponsive attendants in Aztec garb guard the door from suppliant followers.
The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition / A Pictor...
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It was now the priest who menaced, Quasimodo who was the suppliant.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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He became the veriest suppliant at the shrine where woman reigns supreme.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
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To make the man a suppliant is the delight of her soul.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
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You must speak to them as equal, or even better, as supplicant.
A Darker Shade of Magic
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Mr. Sheldon the younger contemplated the supplicant with looks of undisguised gratification.
Charlotte's Inheritance
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He could not abide the picture of himself as a vulnerable supplicant.
The new yorker
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You're not to touch the supplicant in any way during the testing.
The black prism
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He dropped to his knees like a supplicant preparing to abase himself.
Patient Zero
Uso de supplicatory em inglês
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It was the whine of the Hindu beggar, halting, supplicatory, almost revoltingly servile.
The Lamp in the Desert
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Not the infant Samuel, who, in spite of his supplicatory attitude, found no pity.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
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Mrs. Brimmer cast a supplicatory look at Miss Keene, and hastily quittedtheroom
The Crusade of the Excelsior
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Complain's gesture was angry, but Vyann's was supplicatory.
Non-Stop
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I became quite fond of her; a figure leaning out of the crowd, both supplicatory and tender.
The gathering
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On Sunday, June 22, he writes, begging Dr. Johnson's assistance in framing a supplicatory letter to his Majesty.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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None of them were in a supplicatory style: the Emperor already spoke as a master; he did not entreat, he commanded.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 18...
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A prey to violent terror, the old usurer instantly adopted the supplicatory posture recommended by the Prince; but Sir Giles refused compliance.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
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I was about to reply, but Owen looked at me with such a supplicatory and warning gesture, that I was involuntarily silent.
Rob Roy — Volume 01
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Her supplicatory tone and attitude, though they were somewhat assumed, proved to what a height Musa had recently risen as a personage.
The Lion's Share
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She laid her hand upon his shoulder and said in a supplicatory tone: Georges, it will give me pleasure to have the nest mine.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
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Nevertheless the mention of Government contracts exercised a powerful influence upon Nastasia Petrovna, and she hastened to say in a tone that was almost supplicatory:
Dead Souls
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"There you are wrong, Captain Disbrowe," returned Pillichody, in a supplicatory tone.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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"Let me go," he said again, with a look of supplicatory appeal.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
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"Mercy, august lady," cried Alfidius,-forthe chief executioner was he,-witha supplicatory gesture.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
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"You cannot see my father, mother," she said in a broken and supplicatory tone.
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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