begging

Example Sentences

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How ironic that this is so often how she appears in the film: shrouded in darkness, barely visible, her eyes glowing through the shadows and begging for someone to see the real her.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Over the radio, they can hear the cries of other vessels begging for food and water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

My eyes must have looked like the big black eyes of the bull, begging my dad to save me.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri