Words similar to began

Example sentences for: began

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

Rice remembered President Bush using this phrase in May 2001, when warnings of terrorist threats began to multiply.
This is not a completely untenable proposition, since, as Shesol demonstrates, toward the end of his life Kennedy began to experiment with some uncannily Clintonesque gestures, such as financing urban renewal through market-based public-private partnerships.
In each new settlement, therefore, borrowing began anew.
My notebook has about 50 more checks, but once the premise had been established and the leads began to interact, I stopped totting up the inanities and had a good time.
Bush sold his Rainwater-related investments when he began his presidential run, presumably to avoid impropriety or the appearance thereof.