How do you use Beseech in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bid or entreat, plus the exact meaning.
Beseech meaning
- To beg or implore something of (a person).
- To beg or request for (something).
Using Beseech
- The main meaning on this page is: To beg or implore something of (a person). | To beg or request for (something).
- Useful related words include: bid, entreat, adjure, press.
- Possible Dutch translations are: bezweren, bidden, smeken.
- In the example corpus, beseech often appears in combinations such as: we beseech, beseech the, beseech you.
Context around Beseech
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beseech
- In this selection, "beseech" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, team, allah, thee and everyone stand out and add context to how "beseech" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allah and beseech allah s and i also beseech everyone not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beseech" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beseech
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Robed performer: I beseech thee, wondrous moonlight, grant me my only wish! (12 words)
There are some, however, in Anglicanism, who do beseech the saints' intercession. (12 words)
I also beseech everyone not to conclude until you weigh his (Adoji) credibility. (13 words)
Prelate Mardirossian noted that, during each visit, the clergy pray for the physical health and spiritual tranquility of the residents and beseech the Lord’s blessings upon them, and, on this occasion, the intercession of the Holy Mother of God. (40 words)
Though Swift’s mother encourages her to publicly endorse Blackburn’s Democratic opponent, other members of Swift’s management team beseech her to stay out of it, fearing she could lose half her fan base by criticizing Republicans. (38 words)
Let us engage in much Zikr (remembrance) of Allah and beseech Allah's Rahma upon humanity, to lift this Covid-19 pandemic from us, for indeed none but Allah can save us from this Fitnah (trial). (36 words)
Robed performer: I beseech thee, wondrous moonlight, grant me my only wish! (12 words)
Example sentences (12)
To the Roman brethren, Paul wrote, “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned: and avoid them” (Rom. 16:18).
Director of Education, Clare Browne, also offered congratulations to the students, their parents and their schools, stating that “we beseech that these students continue to be ambassadors of excellence”.
We beseech Allah to give us all the needed strength and bless same as we embark on our lofty mission.
Let us engage in much Zikr (remembrance) of Allah and beseech Allah's Rahma upon humanity, to lift this Covid-19 pandemic from us, for indeed none but Allah can save us from this Fitnah (trial).
Though Swift’s mother encourages her to publicly endorse Blackburn’s Democratic opponent, other members of Swift’s management team beseech her to stay out of it, fearing she could lose half her fan base by criticizing Republicans.
I also beseech everyone not to conclude until you weigh his (Adoji) credibility.
Prelate Mardirossian noted that, during each visit, the clergy pray for the physical health and spiritual tranquility of the residents and beseech the Lord’s blessings upon them, and, on this occasion, the intercession of the Holy Mother of God.
Woakes dropped to his knees to beseech the umpire but to no avail.
We beseech Thee: lead us to elect a worthy successor to the incumbent governor and let not our land return to those locust years of insidious logic of uncertainty and ravenous culture of impunity.
Robed performer: I beseech thee, wondrous moonlight, grant me my only wish!
There are some, however, in Anglicanism, who do beseech the saints' intercession.
You are men, and have reasonable souls within you; therefore I beseech you, be not composed and fashioned according to custom and example, that is, brutish, but according to some inward knowledge and reason.
Common combinations with beseech
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- we beseech 3×
- beseech the 3×
- beseech you 2×
- and beseech 2×
- beseech thee 2×