begetting

Example Sentences

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The work’s structure seems to have organically arisen from artists responding to one another, inspiration begetting inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

That trend could itself be causing a vicious cycle of fewer children begetting fewer children, said Takuya Hoshino, senior economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

The son of a goddess and a prince, he carried the ancestral burden of begetting a lineage of rulers in a foreign land.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

This is heartbreaking — it’s tragedy begetting more tragedy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2020

He was proud of their shame because it meant that he had the ability of begetting refined children.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith