beg - use in sentences

Object

  • pardon: Rallying in an instant, with the most enviable assurance, he began, - ' I beg ten thousand pardons, Mrs. Maxwell!
  • forgiveness: Has offended God, the King, and the state, and begs forgiveness of all.
  • question: The actual turn of events on June 10 begs the question of who needs to learn from whom.

Infinitive complement

  • disagree: We are going to beg to disagree on this one, I am sorry.
  • move: I beg to move, That the House sit in private.
  • inform: In response, I beg to inform Mr. Howard that the issue is not one of secrecy but one of morality.
  • ask: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.

Preposition: in

  • street: They often had to work long hours or beg in the street to get money for their families.

Preposition: for

  • money: He would have been begging for money to buy food.
  • food: They have died or been found begging for food from boats.
  • mercy: I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.
  • forgiveness: Each time it was necessary for me to beg for forgiveness to the whole body of believers for my offense of pride.

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