Beseeching

Examples

• The lady was at the farther end of the room, and once she ventured to wave her hand, as if beseeching my uncle's assistance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Suddenly she raised her eyes with the beseeching earnestness of a child. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He left here,' said Traddles, 'with his mother, who had been clamouring, and beseeching, and disclosing, the whole time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The beseeching words were aided by a beseeching gesture and a more beseeching look. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But the girl's voice was in his ear, beseeching him in such tones of agony to remember her, that he had not the heart to utter it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Nor should he describe Priam the kinsman of the gods as praying and beseeching, 'Rolling in the dirt, calling each man loudly by his name. Plato. The Republic.
• I raised my mother up, praying and beseeching her not to stoop before me in such affliction and humiliation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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