beget - use in sentences
Object
- violence: The film sends out the same old message- violence begets violence.
- pride: And riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.
- love: An imperfect truth begets an imperfect love in us.
Adjective complement
- more: No-one with power in this world loves peace, only war and death which seems to beget more of the same.
Modifying Another Word
- only: To be the " beloved " or " only begotten " of god is a kingship formula.
- again: It is the Word of God, 1 Peter 1, by which you are begotten again.
- first: Despite this each is his only begotten, or his first begotten, son.
- not: The same point is made by the addition ' begotten not made, ' which makes the contrast explicit.
- naturally: I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.
Preposition: in
- soul: True faith is God's gift, and it is begotten in the soul by the Spirit of God.
Preposition: by
- man: This heresy asserted that Christ was begotten by mortal man; thus denying Christ's Divine birth.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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