as in prayerful
asking humbly
a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit
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as in pleading
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as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church
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Recent Examples of beseeching
Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The same beseeching gaze gets complicated by a character like Dre—at once naïve and ruthless, in control yet entirely lost.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
Adjective
This case has seen lot of what amounts to table-pounding by the defense, with a constant rat-a-tat-tat of motions, demands for discovery, followed by more beseeching requests.
—Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
The same beseeching gaze gets complicated by a character like Dre—at once naïve and ruthless, in control yet entirely lost.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beseeching
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The Republican National Convention is a redemption story, a narrative of prayerful compliance.Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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As the beat ascends, Eazi sings the title phrase with prayerful gravitas.Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
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However, plaintiff’s claim suffers another fatal flaw that mandates dismissal at the pleading stage: the Copyright Act expressly provides that only a legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive copyright right may sue for infringement.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Mediation briefs, pleadings, depositions and expert reports can be relevant, and sometimes there is more arcane evidence.Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Literally begging any of these idiots to understand how the internet works.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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People were begging me to cut it down.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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With that, the church filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office asking for Motown’s use of Melodyland to be canceled and revoked.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission for the agency to deny SpaceX’s application to send out more of its Starlink satellites.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Today, a small but active community of Black Catholics is petitioning the Vatican for the accelerated canonisation of six Black American candidates for sainthood, the oldest of whom, Pierre Toussaint, has been dead for 171 years.Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Otherwise, do your best to ignore their entreaties and build your life with your husband based on your plans, not their projections.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
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This is especially concerning because decades of research have shown that people are often more influenced by stories than by explicit arguments and entreaties.Haoran Chu, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the hearings, and a subsequent report of recommendations by the fact-finder, have been postponed at CTU’s request, according to the district.Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2024
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The university, and the school’s president and head men’s lacrosse coach at the time, did not respond to the student newspaper’s request for comment.Karina Tsui, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Surely, the government could force insurers to facilitate the process and resolve appeals promptly.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Per the outlet, the ruling was later reversed by a district court of appeal, on the basis that a tax rebate in a 1996 Disney expansion deal passed by the Anaheim City Council.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Beseeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beseeching. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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