beget

Example Sentences

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Baelor of all people knows the smallfolk would react poorly to their beloved prince letting injustice beget more injustice.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

“Sales are going beget sales here for a little bit until the weaker hands are shaken out of this market,” Haworth said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Rather than allow mistake to beget mistake, as they so often did across the autumn, Ireland moved slowly through the gears before finally reaching cruising speed.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… atrocities beget atrocities.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2023

King Loren had escaped, and lived long enough to surrender, pledge his fealty to the Targaryens, and beget a son, for which Tyrion was duly grateful.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin