begging
Example Sentences
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He said avocado growers have been begging the government for years to do more to address extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
US television star journalist Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal Saturday for anyone with information about her mother's disappearance to come forward, saying "we are begging for help" six months after the kidnapping took place.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Please, I’m begging you, just pick something…Cobb salad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
One of Reza's relatives was searching and begging "just find my child, find my son", he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It’s like when you’re hearing a great story from Scheherazade and you’re seeing past the thing to the main thing—past the adventures of the orphans to Scheherazade herself, begging to stay alive another day.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
