begging

Example Sentences

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Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

"We have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain," Trump said in the Oval Office.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

He sent Morris a monthly telegram for years, begging him to write it.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It goes on and on until you’re internally begging Lowery to get to the point already.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri