begot

Example Sentences

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I got into comedy because I just loved doing it and that begot so much else.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

This inverted perception: Where status once begot the signifier, the signifier now begot the status.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

Losing Morgan Geekie, Daniel Sprong, Ryan Donato and Carson Soucy is tough for a team where depth begot success.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Shepherd’s day job is producing documentaries for the BBC, including the 10-part radio series that begot this book.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

Here he married, built a great manor house, fathered Antiphates and Mantios, commanders both, of whom Antiphates begot Oikleies and Oikleies the firebrand Amphiaraos.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer