begged

Example Sentences

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This week, a pile of sumo oranges that practically begged to be eaten on a blanket by the lake.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

"My children went to bed hungry three nights in a row. My wife was crying, so were my children. So I begged a neighbour for some money to buy flour," he says.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

His friend Elizabeth Ann Cole begged to tag along.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

French doctors last year begged the authorities to act, saying women and children were especially being contaminated and blaming "phosphate fertilisers containing too much cadmium".

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

From dawn to dusk he suffered like an animal in a trap, drank coffee, smoked, begged meals from the kitchen, and napped.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood