beget

Example Sentences

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“I’ve always believed that good work begets good work. If you’re doing a play above a pub, someone may see it; it’s not the scale, it’s the quality.”

From New York Times

Money will beget money, with a small fraction of every transaction going directly into city coffers.

From Los Angeles Times

But, in a video published last week by Korean broadcaster KBS, the young art student Noh rebels with a performance that demonstrates art begets art, or something like that.

From Los Angeles Times

The greatest risk now is a downward spiral as more losses beget larger rate increases and economies of scale diminish.

From Washington Post

But that dream begets a nightmare when the Worm bursts forth through the portal like a furious airborne serpent, one that will cause an enormously destructive earthquake if it makes landfall.

From Los Angeles Times