beg
verb (used with object)
to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg forgiveness.
were 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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Before long, his concoction was such a hit that guests were begging for jars to take home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"We'd never experienced this before, and we were begging everybody who was qualified to help, and they weren't listening."
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
“Some of them started hoofing the experimenter, as if they were begging for help,” he says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
People were begging Liberty Bay to stay, so Larson says, “The store stayed. It just never un-popped.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
And I didn’t want to yell—it wasn’t to that level yet—but my eyes were begging for help.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
