begging
Example Sentences
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"She was begging for help," Clancy's former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said of a woman she described as a "very nurturing, very loving" mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sailors have reported being fed “rotten” food or barely being fed at all, and desperate family members have been begging the Navy for relief.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Later, he would describe the chant as the “sad, imploring wail we’ve all got buried in our hearts—the sound of begging someone, anyone, to hear us.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
