beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
had begged
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past perfectof beg.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Arbeloa and Mbappe had begged fans to support the team but, just as they did a fortnight ago against Levante, they whistled their own players.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Positioning himself as a moderate, Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, said he had begged for months for de-escalation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Later we heard he had been ordered home by the Head of the Art Unit and had begged to be allowed to stay.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
One man, sitting on the roadside in the blistering sun, said his children had begged to stay in Pakistan, the country where they were born.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
That’s why the coach, Dennis Parker, had begged the school principal to schedule the game, the first ever between the two schools, despite the distance between them.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
