beg

Example Sentences

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While ill, they have to beg doctors to believe them and somehow assemble their own care team to try to help them live with a disease that has so far outfoxed the best minds worldwide.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Until the stock trades a new high, however, the market will beg to disagree.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

“Bye, Pooperman,” she says, but she doesn’t cry or hang on my leg or beg me to stay, which hurts a little bit.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko