beseeching
adjective
be·seech·ing
bi-ˈsē-chiŋ 
bē-
: expressing or marked by earnest pleading or entreaty
The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room.—
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
beseechingly
adverb
The children wept, and Nana ran to him beseechingly, but he waved her back.
—J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie
Examples of beseeching in a Sentence
a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit
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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
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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
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“Beseeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beseeching. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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