beggar

Example Sentences

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“My look was like a beggar, a homeless person. I had glasses on and very shabby clothes.”

From Washington Post

That this is the supposedly improved version of the musical that opened in London in August 2021 beggars the imagination.

From New York Times

Both could have won a game that beggared belief.

From BBC

There was something about the beggars with the disease he saw on the road, he said, presenting their bodies to passers-by, which used to be a much more common sight, that moved him.

From New York Times

Why William Troost-Ekong felt the need to go to ground in his own penalty area at the most crucial time of the match beggars belief.

From BBC