Sentence example with the word 'supplicatory'

supplicatory

Definition adj. humbly entreating

Last update: September 30, 2015


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In the middle of the year he was sent by the princes to invite Kerbogha to settle all differences by a duel; and in 1099 he appears as treasurer of the alms at the siege of Arca (March), and as leader of the supplicatory processions in Jerusalem which preceded the battle of Ascalon (August).   [Please select]

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Perhaps the other end of the board is tried, and the appeal is enforced with the supplicatory whine that seldom fails.   [Please select]

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It was the whine of the Hindu beggar, halting, supplicatory, almost revoltingly servile.   [Please select]

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All was gloom and silence, save for a monotonous and suppressed murmur of one invisible worshipper in a pew near the altar, who varied his supplicatory mutterings with long-drawn sighs.   [Please select]

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