begged

Example Sentences

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"We know from social media... that this movie was basically being begged to be made."

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘My parents begged me never to put him in a home’: I have taken care of my disabled brother my entire life.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

"I started doing it on my granny's kitchen floor and begged my mum for a timer mat and cup," Ivy said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

As he was dying two years later, in 1898, he came to see the book as “obscene” and begged his publishers, “by all that is holy,” to destroy every copy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

So Klavdiya, nearly in tears herself, went back to Lilya and begged her to cooperate.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein