beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
was begging
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past progressiveof beg.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"She was begging for help," she said of a woman she described as a "very nurturing, very loving" mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It wasn’t like I was begging for a Pet Rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
A Twins counselor said in a written statement she heard Edward say “he could not hold on anymore and he was begging God to stop the water.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Not everyone was begging for acts you’d usually expect to headline a cruise ship advertised to people who graduated college when Bill Clinton was president.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
To think the guy whose downfall basically took our respective childhoods with it was begging for change fifteen minutes from my house six years later?
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
