has been begging
- present perfect progressive of beg (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He says Ibrahim has been begging for the family to leave, saying "Please father, I cannot continue".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
The band has been begging for revolution for three decades.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
Allala has been begging restaurants that do deliver to bring five or six large cups of Powerade.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
We don’t have much formal, automated demand response in California right now, so instead the state has been begging people to use less electricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2020
And it takes me a moment to realize: this is the show Eva has been begging me to watch.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
