Example sentences for: begging

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

  • You wouldn't feel comfortable seeing little kids begging in the streets, or stepping over the bodies of old folks gasping in the gutters.

  • The Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta said, "Russia is begging for money" and quoted a source in the Kremlin as saying that President Boris Yeltsin might visit Germany on June 8 or 9 and ask for a loan of several billion German marks.

  • In sports news today, George Vescey had a good column in the Times begging all politicians and elected officials to stay away from baseball, football, basketball games, etc.

  • The info-tech worker shortfall cited by the government is documented in a recent Virginia Tech study, which claims that 346,000 computer-related jobs are going begging for lack of trained people.

  • You cannot carp, as Eleanor did, about privileges of race and gender without begging the question of your own megaprivileges: land, family, connections, fame, not to mention having a husband who's president.


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