How to Use beseech in a Sentence

beseech

verb
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  • In her misery, the queen beseeched the priest Kentigern to help her.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
  • To do that Oliver beseeched the states to take a stand and ratify the ERA.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 10 June 2019
  • Ghosts and forest spirits warn him of his doom and beseech him to turn around.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Rodgers heard the commands as well, then ran over beseeching Boykin to run into the end zone.
    — Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Sweeney, who wore a Marine veteran's hat, beseeched the group to take a stand.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Labor and business leaders have beseeched Netanyahu to hit the brakes, so far to no avail.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • The product has since racked up a wait list of more than 4,000 eager fans, all of whom have been beseeching the brand to bring back the beloved lip treatment.
    — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Jamie beseeches the governor to let his wife go, but the father-to-be isn't having it.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 June 2023
  • Sanders, who will turn 79 before the next election, was beseeching people not to wait on him to save them.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 10 June 2017
  • Wild and urgent rituals to beseech the powers that were, to save us from the increasing dark.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Dec. 2014
  • Between numbers, the local singer paused and in a gravelly drawl, beseeched the crowd to be thankful.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Parents beseeched her with questions: Can my child travel out of the country?
    — Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The city posted signs beseeching parents not to let kids play inside the fountain.
    — Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Norwood’s hour-and-a-half speech had the passionate feel of a trial lawyer beseeching a jury.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017
  • The letters were thought to beseech the protection of the Virgin Mary, say historians.
    — Fox News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Rickman's agent was flooded with offers, beseeching the actor to play more debonair ne'er-do-wells.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 May 2023
  • In total, BuzzFeed News counted 44 times the officers beseeched Richards to drop his weapon.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The emails show Scalia Law beseeching the justices to attend a host of law school activities, as guests or speakers.
    — Jo Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Over a year later, the boy’s mother is beseeching Francis to bring his influence to bear.
    — Mauricio Cuevas, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Kasatkina ended the first set in 22 minutes and left Kerber beseeching the heavens for help.
    — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The standoff eventually prompted Akleh’s brother, sitting on a man’s shoulders, to beseech the crowd to let the hearse through.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
  • Our times beseech us to step into the chasm of uncertainty and become the agents of transformation our future needs.
    — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Her mother beseeched those who mourned for Heyer to take up her commitment to social justice.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Aug. 2017
  • More than a dozen parents on Thursday night beseeched a Palm Beach County school district panel not to move their children from their middle school.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Holbrook launched a full-on search on her own Facebook page, dropping a flurry of posts and pictures there, beseeching people to help her find Geraldine.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 26 June 2018
  • Customers’ beseeching Wakeling to add shrimp scampi to his summer fare is paying off.
    — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2018
  • The President has been beseeching Beijing for a better relationship, to no great result, but Mr. Biden is now bungling even that.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 June 2023
  • Even as the plight of Jews worsened, Laemmle kept trying to help them, often beseeching other public figures on their behalf.
    — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
  • Some campaigns still were sending out emails before Tuesday night’s first quarter FEC deadline, beseeching donors for cash.
    — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • His imperious likeness graces memes, video games, and ads for Dirty Devil Vodka; at fan conventions, masochistic fans beseech him to stare them down.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023

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