An individual who makes a humble entreaty, often in a religious or formal context.
As the door to the office opened, the supplicant stepped forward, hands shaking. He had come to ask for help from the manager because his family needed food. The supplicant’s voice was quiet as he pleaded, hoping someone would care enough to help.
Huddled in the rain, the weary traveler was a sad supplicant. He held out his empty cup, hoping for just a drop. His eyes pleaded, a silent prayer for mercy from the passing merchant.
On his knees before the judge, the supplicant trembled, his voice cracking as he begged for mercy. His entire future hung on this moment, hope and fear mixing in his desperate plea for understanding and a second chance.
In the banana grove, the chimpanzee acted like a supplicant, kneeling with big, begging eyes before the banana king. The supplicant hoped for a snack, but the king banana just peeled himself in fear and ran away, leaving everyone hungry and slightly confused about royal fruit etiquette.
The little hamster, a furry supplicant, twitched its nose at the giant sunflower seed. It bowed its head low, a tiny, hopeful plea for the treat. This humble creature's earnest begging, a true display of being one who supplicates, was almost too cute to resist.
The supplicant knelt before the altar, hands clasped in prayer. With tears in their eyes, they whispered their plea for forgiveness and guidance. The supplicant's heart was heavy with sorrow as they sought solace in their prayers.
Amidst the grand hall, the supplicant stood with bowed head, his hands clasped together in a gesture of humble entreaty. His voice trembled as he whispered a plea for the king's mercy, his words imbued with a desperate longing that echoed the weight of his petition.
The dark figure loomed over the trembling supplicant, a twisted smile on its face as it raised a bloodied dagger. The supplicant's pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears, the air thick with the stench of death. With a gut-wrenching scream, the supplicant's life was brutally taken, their body left to rot in the haunted forest. The supplicant's desperate cries echoed through the night, a chilling reminder of the cruel fate that awaited all who dared to seek help from the malevolent being that lurked in the shadows.
The supplicant's bony fingers trembled as they clutched the iron bars, his sunken eyes an abyss of desperation. His frail body, a testament to years of starvation, swayed precariously. A wheezing cough escaped his lips, sending a shiver down my spine. The stench of despair permeated the air, a fetid reminder of his torment.
In the heart of the enchanted forest, a lone figure knelt before the ancient tree. The supplicant clasped their hands together, eyes closed in fervent prayer. The tree, sensing the desperate plea, whispered its wisdom in a gentle breeze. The supplicant's heart swelled with hope as they felt the magic of the forest surround them like a warm embrace. With renewed strength, the supplicant rose to their feet, ready to face the challenges ahead. Grateful for the guidance of the wise tree, the supplicant vowed to honor its teachings and protect the mystical land they called home.
As the doors to the grand hall opened, she stepped forward as a supplicant, hoping her quiet request would be heard by those in power. With her head slightly bowed, she waited in silence, knowing a supplicant relies only on earnest appeal rather than authority or strength.
Trembling, the supplicant knelt before the elder, begging for leniency. Their posture spoke of desperation, a silent plea for a second chance after their transgression. The elder regarded them with a steady gaze, considering the earnest appeal of the one who supplicates.
The elderly woman knelt before the powerful judge, a supplicant begging for mercy. Her trembling hands clasped together, she pleaded for leniency, her weathered face revealing years of hardship and desperate hope for compassion.
At the front of the bakery line stood a determined supplicant, clutching empty pastry boxes and gazing at the last cruller with such desperation that even the cashier felt compelled to intervene. With hands clasped and eyes wide, he pleaded for mercy—and a generous discount.
The knight, a most pathetic supplicant, knelt before the dragon, not with courage, but with a hastily scribbled coupon for a lifetime supply of garlic knots. He offered his flimsy plea for clemency, hoping the beast's discerning palate would find more appeal in baked goods than in knightly flesh.
In front of the imposing office doors, the supplicant waited, clutching her application with trembling hands. She rehearsed her plea for another chance, knowing that as one who supplicates, her fate rested on the mercy of the gatekeepers within. The tension in her chest intensified with each passing second.
Humbled, the supplicant knelt before the emperor, his plea a raw, guttural sound against the cavernous silence. He offered his last vestige of pride, a desperate act from one who supplicates for any chance of clemency.
Trembling, the supplicant knelt before the magistrate, hands clasped in a desperate plea for mercy. His voice quavered, knowing his entire future hinged on this moment of vulnerability and humility, hoping compassion would override the strict letter of the law.
With knees creaking like haunted floorboards, the supplicant groveled before the king, pleading for mercy with such theatrical gusto that even the royal jester contemplated unemployment. This desperate individual, one who supplicates, clung to hope—and the king’s velvet robe—with comical persistence, turning penitence into interpretive dance.
The perpetually famished badger, a veritable supplicant before the bakery door, gazed with lugubrious eyes at the croissants. Each twitch of his whiskered snout was a fervent petition, a silent, yet earnest, plea for a crumb, a morsel, anything to assuage his insatiable gustatory yearning.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.