beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
begged
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past participleof beg.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof beg.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
begverb (used with object)to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
Example Sentences
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No matter how much he begged them to help us, they rarely called and didn’t even visit him during the last three years of his life.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
I begged Jay-Z for over five years—he finally said yes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"I practically begged my dad to take me to a gym and when I was four years old he finally took me."
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Come on, it’s a sports car,” Benji had begged.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
