Examples of supplicant in a Sentence
Noun
the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors
Adjective
hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters
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Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Countries seeking cooperation with China are supplicants and, under a best-case scenario, will be forced to make concessions first, after which Beijing might finally deign to engage.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
Diaa Hadid, NPR, 19 May 2025
Many officers presumed that the only way to advance up the ranks, or avoid a hazing, or even keep their jobs, was to be supplicant to the brass.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
And when Spotify emerged as the dragon-slaying supplicant of the new world order and came calling, music squeezed several years and every crumb on the plate to close a collective deal— not just for licensing fees, but ownership stakes in Ek’s startup to the tune of 20%.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Countries seeking cooperation with China are supplicants and, under a best-case scenario, will be forced to make concessions first, after which Beijing might finally deign to engage.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
Adjective
The prayer quickly ends, and another supplicant hands over his passport.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 19 May 2025
Many officers presumed that the only way to advance up the ranks, or avoid a hazing, or even keep their jobs, was to be supplicant to the brass.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supplicant
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“Supplicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supplicant. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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