BESEECH in a Sentence

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Leiodes then caught the knees of Ulysses and said, "Ulysses I beseech you have mercy upon me and spare me."

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 Meanings and Examples of BESEECH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
beseech
 v.  beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  "I beseech you to have a morsel," murmured his hostess.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
2  I beseech your aid against the governor.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
3  I will fall at his feet and beseech him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XX
4  If thy cruel wife leave no region free to Teucrians, by the smoking ruins of desolated Troy, O father, I beseech thee, grant Ascanius unhurt retreat from arms, grant me my child's life.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
5  This one thing I beseech thee, by whatsoever grace a vanquished enemy may claim: allow my body sepulture.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
6  This thing I beseech thee, that is bound by no fatal law, for Latium and for the majesty of thy kindred.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
7  I beseech you, madame," replied Monte Cristo "not to spoil Ali, either by too great praise or rewards.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
8  D'Avrigny," said Villefort, "be so kind, I beseech you, as to accompany this gentleman.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 103. Maximilian.
9  Come with me, I beseech you, Reverend sir, else you will be poorly able to do Sabbath duty to-morrow.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
10  "Vouchsafe to them love made perfect, peace and help, O Lord, we beseech Thee," the whole church seemed to breathe with the voice of the head deacon.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 4
11  Before replying to you," he said, "I beseech you to pardon me.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
12  Monsieur Javert," said she, "I beseech your mercy.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
13  Leiodes then caught the knees of Ulysses and said, "Ulysses I beseech you have mercy upon me and spare me."
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
14  Tell your tyrannical master, I do only beseech him to dismiss the Lady Rowena in honour and safety.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  Suddenly she raised her eyes with the beseeching earnestness of a child.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
Example Sentence:
1  The workaholic executive's wife had to beseech him to spend more time with their son.
2  She looked up at him with beseeching eyes.