begetting

Example Sentences

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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

We might just be at the very beginning of the reinforcing cycle of ambition begetting more commitment, which begets more ambition.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2021

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2020

In so many ways, his family’s life feels like a string of accidents, unforeseen, unintended, one incident begetting another.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri