begot

Example Sentences

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“I hadn’t understood, at the beginning, that public exposure begot more public exposure, that press begot more press, that parties begot more parties,” she tells us, of how the joys of attention began to curdle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

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

Over his career, the elder Mr. Stuckey’s 100 ideas a day begot a billboard company, a timber business, a trucking business and a car dealership, among others.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 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