begging

Example Sentences

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Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

By this point, one of her friends was walking from shop to shop in the town where Sally lived begging staff not to sell anything to her.

From BBC • May 1, 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

It was not uncommon to see people sleeping on the street, or begging for money or food.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

We had the same fight every time we saw each other, Olka wasting our valuable time together by begging me to leave.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman