Example Sentences

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The teenager had been begging her parents for more pets to go with the family's dog, three cats, two red-footed tortoises and a mantis.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

He was detained Monday during a sweep by immigration authorities of downtown areas where migrants had been begging, selling candy and washing windshields.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

Voting rights, civil rights, labor and environmental groups are among those who had been begging with him to veto it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

For weeks, religious leaders around the globe had been begging the bearded patriarch to speak out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Her father had been begging her to toss the jeans for almost a year, but they were more comfortable than anything else Candice owned.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson