as in prayerful
asking humbly
a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit
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as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church
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as in pleading
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Recent Examples of beseeching
Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Prayer is a basic practice of almost all religions, and what is prayer if not a beseeching of a synchronicity from God?
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
Noun
Almost every time there’s a close call the player comes up twirling his finger, beseeching his coach to ask for a review.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beseeching
Adjective
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The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pärt’s formulas, born out of long, prayerful periods with sacred texts, offer beauty in the warmth and friction of relationships: melody and tintinnabuli, word and the limits of language, sounds and silence.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That deal is begging to be traded.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Recreate Witherspoon’s rich monochromatic look with these burgundy pants that are practically begging to be worn during holiday gatherings.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Thankfully, then-general manager Scott Howson and director of amateur scouting Paul Castron listened to Riley’s pleadings.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Midler joked to Colbert in an exaggerated pleading tone.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Secret Garden Bar & Cafe closed abruptly during service on Friday morning after workers began petitioning passers-by about their efforts to form a union.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
10 Oct. 2025
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Shelton Vineyards is one of the oldest wineries in North Carolina and the original owners, a pair of brothers, are credited with petitioning the government for the Yadkin Valley to be formally recognized as an AVA.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In his petition, Mamdani called for caps on resale prices similar to regulations recently adopted in fellow host country Mexico, situating the fight within a broader movement to protect working people from rising costs.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Despite garnering more than 150,000 signatures, the petition, which was started by the Halloween & Costume Association, also faced some backlash.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, so far, WBD has turned down the Ellison entreaties.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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But top Democrats appear to be rejecting Thune’s entreaty.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The details of the cases were not proactively made public beyond being made available for review for anyone who files a request under the state's public records law.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The offices of Ford and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Kelly administration appealed that decision, delaying the financial punishment and buying time for its possible reversal through the appeals process or a court order.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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To this end, the firm leveraged its own talents and art departments for the campaigns and aims to further boost the appeal of the products by encouraging their use in models’ off-duty moments.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Beseeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beseeching. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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