supplication

He moved toward her, his hands held out in supplication.

She turned to look at him, and her left hand came up as if in supplication.

There was a degree of supplication in his eyes now.

He held up his hands in supplication, looked at me and smiled.

This was also the only successful supplication in the play.

He tried another smile, holding his hands out in supplication.

She saw me and stretched out a hand in supplication.

She held out her hands in a gesture of supplication.

People died all the time with supplication on their lips.

She lifted one hand out of the water in supplication.

It was her hand, turned palm up as if in supplication.

Whether their tone was one of abuse or supplication she did not know.

Her luminous eyes looked to him in supplication, which he knew she should not need to be feeling.

Miles, still crouched on the floor, raised his hands in supplication.

These lines amount to about a hundred different supplications on a single subject.

The girl gave her a look of almost tearful supplication.

She fell forward on her knees, head down, hands raised in supplication.

He extended his left hand in a gesture of supplication.

War is indifferent to prayers or any form of supplication.

It may have been a relationship of supplication, but he regarded that as better than none.

But when the poor child held out her hands in supplication to the rich peasant.

He fell to his knees and lifted both hands in supplication.

When she stopped abruptly, he spread his arms in supplication.

The moment I was silent, he fell on his knees in supplication.

He held out a hand; whether to touch her or in supplication she couldn't tell.