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Example sentences for: began

How can you use “began” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Infinitely more costly in human terms was the Taiping Rebellion, which began in 1850 as a peasant revolt.
The F-22 program began in 1986 and entered limited production in 2001.
Unfortunately, the magnet schools began the undoing of desegregation in Charlotte.
I began hoping to do something with either the war or the president's contempt citation, and eager to use "I give the headline; you give the lead," or "I give the answer; you give the question," or "I give the caption; you describe the photo," three nice forms we've not used lately.
At the same time that the Industrial Revolution was wreaking havoc, however, a small but influential group of writers and poets settled in the area and began to write about its natural beauties and its lifestyle.