Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a beseeching manner.
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- adverb In a
beseeching manner.
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- adverb in a beseeching manner
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Examples
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Una's little pearl-pure face gleamed up at her beseechingly from the manse pew.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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Don't you let him touch me! "he called beseechingly to the barkeeper.
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White 1909
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In turn, she locked both arms about him and looked up beseechingly to Grief.
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In both cases, make sure your face has at least 3 times more blood than normal, your voice is beseechingly loud and your hands are grasping at straws.
Winning Elections 2009
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She looked at him beseechingly in the silence that fell.
A WICKED WOMAN 2010
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She gazed beseechingly at Signor Luciano, at Nico, at Rocco, but the men kept their heads down, carefully ignoring her.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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She gazed beseechingly at Signor Luciano, at Nico, at Rocco, but the men kept their heads down, carefully ignoring her.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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In both cases, make sure your face has at least 3 times more blood than normal, your voice is beseechingly loud and your hands are grasping at straws.
Marketing 2010
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In both cases, make sure your face has at least 3 times more blood than normal, your voice is beseechingly loud and your hands are grasping at straws.
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She gazed beseechingly at Signor Luciano, at Nico, at Rocco, but the men kept their heads down, carefully ignoring her.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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