begot

Example Sentences

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This inverted perception: Where status once begot the signifier, the signifier now begot the status.

From Los Angeles Times

Big investors begot bigger investors, and the list expanded to a roster of Silicon Valley heavyweights including Mr. Hoffman and Ms. Powell Jobs.

From New York Times

His gets begot bigger gets — the most prominent being his 2002 profile of Johnny Carson in Esquire.

From Washington Post

His defiance begot defiance: The Lebanese University said it would stick with winter time.

From Washington Post

A convoluted conclusion, begot by an unconvincing change of heart, obliterates any chance of “Hunt” offering the clarity it needs to be entertaining.

From New York Times