had beggared
- past perfect of beggar.
Example Sentences
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One former minister Chris Bryant, who believes his phone was hacked but that the case was never investigated by the police, said the officers' evidence had "beggared belief."
From Time ● Jul. 12, 2011
Harren had beggared the riverlands and the Iron Islands alike to ornament his dream.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Was his marriage after all not the horrid thing she had thought it, but an honest effort to atone to the child he had beggared?
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
The dry year coming on had beggared all the village except himself.
From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
The plentiful morning meal had beggared the future, but it had given the boy power to start well.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
