beggar

Example Sentences

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“My look was like a beggar, a homeless person. I had glasses on and very shabby clothes.”

From Washington Post

That this is the supposedly improved version of the musical that opened in London in August 2021 beggars the imagination.

From New York Times

An army of men push wheelbarrows along the streets, their empty carts serving as props to keep government beggar patrols at bay and allow them to pretend they are still on the job.

From Washington Post

But the soaring price of shipping beggared that strategy.

From New York Times

"It just beggars belief that they can push that notion - the action of someone is not racist when it's not their call to make."

From BBC