Example Sentences

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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

His whipped low cross was begging to be buried but evaded the incoming Marcos Leonardo.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

By the time Schulke hit the Rockies he was begging for muesli, pasta and ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

She was begging me, the same pathetic way she’d begged Appa.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman