have beggared
- present perfect of beggar.
Example Sentences
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The present, mundane in comparison to what sci-fi of the past promised us, seems to have beggared our collective imagination.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
By joining hands in a multiracial transition council, they can lift the international sanctions that have beggared them both.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were only a few francs left, but I would have beggared myself to buy this adventure, and thought it cheap at the price she named.
From The Motor Maid by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Would not the spectacle of the angry ape endowed with powers of destruction that Jove never pretended to, have beggared even his command of words?
From Heartbreak House by Shaw, Bernard
She would have beggared herself to get you a sword.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor
