Example Sentences

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Its shrinking budget has begotten a shrinking member base, leading to an even smaller budget.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2024

Investment has begotten investment and driven philanthropic interest, with Gray’s organization poised to help build a $54 million, 219-unit affordable-housing complex.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

“The creative inspiration people got from cheese boards has begotten creative inspiration for a lot of things,” she says.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020

Globetrotting has begotten congressional scrutiny and the media’s glare.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2019

Rather I should sir him, for he is older and at least my equal in character; he has begotten healthy children for his country and he works hard 'to raise 'em vitty.'

From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney