begging

Example Sentences

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As a result, Pulp's contribution to Help 2 - Begging For Change - has a loose, live band feeling that really exemplifies the album's spontaneity and sense of community.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Begging, scamming and threatening: they’re all tools of the writer’s trade in Pamela Hansford Johnson’s dark comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Begging to work is a humiliating, not to mention deeply unnatural, state.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Begging his followers to look over here, and not over there.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Begging me to help pick out a library book.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes