beseeched

variants or besought
past tense of beseech

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of beseeched That didn’t mollify Pleasant View neighbors, like Nancy Pate, who attended that August meeting and beseeched the commissioners not to sign off on housing at the Glo Park site. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025 McKellen beseeched the audience at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beseeched
Verb
  • And people have begged for a patio and full bar.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In a rare appearance on C-SPAN on Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson heard from one military mom who begged him to bring the House back to session to pass a standalone bill to provide military troops pay during the government shutdown.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1977, consumer groups petitioned federal regulators to ban the marketing of sugary foods to children, but industry lobbying halted those efforts.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In 2015, her husband, who by then had become a citizen, petitioned for her green card.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Beseeched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beseeched. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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