begging
Example Sentences
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Begging, scamming and threatening: they’re all tools of the writer’s trade in Pamela Hansford Johnson’s dark comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Begging to work is a humiliating, not to mention deeply unnatural, state.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
Begging his followers to look over here, and not over there.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Begging the question a fallacy of unwarranted assumption that either assumes the truth of a conclusion in the course of trying to prove it or assumes the truth of a contentious claim.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
“Not me, sir. Begging pardon, but someone is mistaken.”
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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