beget

Example Sentences

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Many fear that the strategy of taking down top leaders will only beget more fighting.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

“Sales are going beget sales here for a little bit until the weaker hands are shaken out of this market,” Haworth said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

These downturns would create cracks in anyone’s self-esteem, but for people with NPD, the newly created cognitive dissonance between their self-image and the setback can beget a personality crisis.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

That strain beget a slump, Pages batting .159 through the season’s first three weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

There was a dignity to her grief and an acceptance of the fait accompli—the fatalism that the pilot’s wife must beget whenever her mate forsakes her for his aircraft.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy