- present participle of beg.
begging
Example Sentences
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Kenscoff Mayor Jean Massillon said the community is broke, desperate for government help and had been begging for reinforcements for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Jolene, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man," she pleads.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He also reportedly told then-chief of staff Mark Meadows the situation was “getting really ugly” as it unfolded, while Trump Jr. texted Meadows begging him to get his father to “condemn this” immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some have even labeled the new eagle “Jolene,” a nod to the Dolly Parton song about one woman begging another not to steal her partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
She said she didn’t want Mamá to see us dressed like limosneras and think we’d taken to begging for food in the streets during our stay in Mexico.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
