Example Sentences

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Since the court’s decision, universities, student-athletes, parents and fans have been begging Congress to do something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

I told my sister, and she and my BIL have been begging me to drop it.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023

But even in this new phase, residents still need the equipment they have been begging for since the early hours after the quake.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

But even after a string of eight No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay songs, Brown took his time finding the special song his fans have been begging him for: a duet with his wife, Katelyn.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

If he had known what was coming up for his day, he would have been begging me to smuggle him to school in my backpack.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick