beget

Example Sentences

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“Sales are going beget sales here for a little bit until the weaker hands are shaken out of this market,” Haworth said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

These downturns would create cracks in anyone’s self-esteem, but for people with NPD, the newly created cognitive dissonance between their self-image and the setback can beget a personality crisis.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

Rather than allow mistake to beget mistake, as they so often did across the autumn, Ireland moved slowly through the gears before finally reaching cruising speed.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

I believe that violence will only beget more violence.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024

The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party.

From "1984" by George Orwell