Synonyms
Examples of supplicant in a Sentence
Noun
the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors
Adjective
hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters
Recent Examples on the Web
Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The supplicants clustered outside the enormous closed doors.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
When the Minnesota Board of Pardons meets, supplicants have 10 minutes to make the case for mercy.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
She’s managed to rise at Fox without being a Trump supplicant.
—Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
In a farmer’s field an hour’s drive outside of Kyiv, a man in combat fatigues kneels in the dust like a supplicant, one arm raised to the heavens, holding a quadcopter on his outstretched palm.
—WIRED, 25 July 2023
And during his visit, he was schooled on respecting China’s interests and played supplicant to Xi.
—David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
Placebo effect Besides praying to deities for career success, supplicants are seeking luck in winning the lottery.
—Laura He, CNN, 9 June 2023
Where their paws fell, a new mythology; where their whiskers touched, a new breed of supplicants.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
For the Kremlin, the shipment was a propaganda coup: the latest chance to show Mr. Putin’s nation and the globe that the days of Russia as a supplicant on the world stage were long gone.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Peled was superb in the role of supplicant, with full-bodied tone and a wide range of tonal colors.
—cleveland, 21 Oct. 2019
Her critics in Hong Kong derided her smiling presence in Beijing as that of a supplicant, not an autonomous leader, which illustrated the depth of the chasm between the two sides.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019
George and William used to be equals—now George is a supplicant.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
The 1990 and 1997 summits both took place at the peak of American triumph, when the Russian state was very much a supplicant to the world’s only superpower.
—Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
This time, Trump is more of a supplicant, needing vigorous turnout from pro-gun voters to offset what many Republicans fear could be a midterm election disaster in November.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 May 2018
Once Trump took office, Roth would remain a visible supplicant, appearing with the president at a public event in Ohio to lend credence to his bogus infrastructure initiative.
—Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Apr. 2018
Noun
Snuffboxes and miniature portraits were often exchanged between lovers and supplicants.
—Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The supplicants clustered outside the enormous closed doors.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
When the Minnesota Board of Pardons meets, supplicants have 10 minutes to make the case for mercy.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
She’s managed to rise at Fox without being a Trump supplicant.
—Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
In a farmer’s field an hour’s drive outside of Kyiv, a man in combat fatigues kneels in the dust like a supplicant, one arm raised to the heavens, holding a quadcopter on his outstretched palm.
—WIRED, 25 July 2023
And during his visit, he was schooled on respecting China’s interests and played supplicant to Xi.
—David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
Placebo effect Besides praying to deities for career success, supplicants are seeking luck in winning the lottery.
—Laura He, CNN, 9 June 2023
Where their paws fell, a new mythology; where their whiskers touched, a new breed of supplicants.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Adjective
Speakers seemed alternately angry and supplicant, aware, at some level, their efforts probably won’t work.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
For the Kremlin, the shipment was a propaganda coup: the latest chance to show Mr. Putin’s nation and the globe that the days of Russia as a supplicant on the world stage were long gone.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Peled was superb in the role of supplicant, with full-bodied tone and a wide range of tonal colors.
—cleveland, 21 Oct. 2019
Her critics in Hong Kong derided her smiling presence in Beijing as that of a supplicant, not an autonomous leader, which illustrated the depth of the chasm between the two sides.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019
George and William used to be equals—now George is a supplicant.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
The 1990 and 1997 summits both took place at the peak of American triumph, when the Russian state was very much a supplicant to the world’s only superpower.
—Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
This time, Trump is more of a supplicant, needing vigorous turnout from pro-gun voters to offset what many Republicans fear could be a midterm election disaster in November.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 May 2018
Once Trump took office, Roth would remain a visible supplicant, appearing with the president at a public event in Ohio to lend credence to his bogus infrastructure initiative.
—Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Apr. 2018
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“Supplicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supplicant. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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