begging

Example Sentences

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Over the radio, they can hear the cries of other vessels begging for food and water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

"We have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain," Trump said in the Oval Office.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Mary is bedraggled and wet, begging for a gown for a comeback performance in a few days.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Other crews were begging ports to let them disembark from vessels that have run out of food and fresh vegetables, after what amounts to 41 days as prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

So I went door-to-door, begging neighbors to buy candy bars.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas