begging

Example Sentences

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Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

“The tomatoes are begging me to go, it’s time,” she laughed, planning to leave Kyiv at the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

By this point, one of her friends was walking from shop to shop in the town where Sally lived begging staff not to sell anything to her.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

"We have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain," Trump said in the Oval Office.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

A supervisor remembers some of his workers begging to go home.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland