begetting

Example Sentences

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That trend could itself be causing a vicious cycle of fewer children begetting fewer children, said Takuya Hoshino, senior economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

The son of a goddess and a prince, he carried the ancestral burden of begetting a lineage of rulers in a foreign land.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

We might just be at the very beginning of the reinforcing cycle of ambition begetting more commitment, which begets more ambition.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2021

Salmon feed more than 130 species of animals, and their spawned-out bodies bring tons of nutrients from the sea back to the land, in a great gyre of life, begetting more life.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2020

It’s a common fallacy to envision these species as arranged in a straight line of descent, with Ergaster begetting Erectus, Erectus begetting the Neanderthals, and the Neanderthals evolving into us.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari