Example Sentences

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Begging, scamming and threatening: they’re all tools of the writer’s trade in Pamela Hansford Johnson’s dark comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Begging to work is a humiliating, not to mention deeply unnatural, state.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Begging his followers to look over here, and not over there.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Begging the question a fallacy of unwarranted assumption that either assumes the truth of a conclusion in the course of trying to prove it or assumes the truth of a contentious claim.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Begging me to help pick out a library book.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes