begats

Example Sentences

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Matt Tyrnauer’s absorbing documentary about the notorious New York fixer and mentor to Donald Trump, acts as a kind of cinematic begats, ostensibly profiling a man who may be long gone, but whose impulses and pursuit of power live on through his most famous protege.

From Washington Post

“Unless you like stats / just skip the begats,” wrote Jeanne and William Steig in their “Old Testament Made Easy.”

From New York Times

In 1650, Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh counted the Bible’s begats and determined that God created the Earth on the evening preceding Oct.

From Washington Post

It’s an infernal reversal of the biblical begats as scores of artisanal enterprises with names out of poetry are swallowed — big gulp by big gulp — by giants who turn them into brands bereft of authenticity.

From New York Times

He determined the age of King Nebuchadnezzar and from there went back through all the “begats” in the Bible to the time of Adam and Eve.

From National Geographic