Example sentences for: beggars

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

  • Beggars can't be choosers or Hunger is

  • He said, "To use outdated street maps for an operation of this kind beggars belief."

  • For when grey hairs appear on the head of a changeling he is put out of the hill to make the rest of his way through the human world; which is why we see so many grey-haired beggars on the roads.

  • This can backfire alarmingly, as in Nancy Kress' 1991 novel, Beggars in Spain . In it, genetic engineers adhering to an Ayn Rand-like philosophy called "Yagaism" create a race of people who don't need to sleep.

  • An interest in the language and lexicography begins with the earliest texts, which usually include glossaries, or explanations of the special language of beggars, thieves, and so on.


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