beg

Example Sentences

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“It will beg the question of the senior staff, why are you here? Why do we need to promote you? Why do you need a raise when you’re flaunting things like that?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Some book purists beg to differ with Fennell’s interpretation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

"We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

I want to beg, to ask her to try and figure it out.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy