as in petitioned
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing
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Recent Examples of begged
The family has begged the public to alert authorities to anyone matching the dancer’s description.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
This find begged many questions for researchers about the sophistication of these ancient species.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
Diamond Peak’s groomers are immaculate, ranging from steeps that encouraged testers to find the speed limits of boards to lazy, long, rippable pitches that overlooked Lake Tahoe and begged for carving analysis.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2024
Pat removed the bands and begged each child to breathe.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Harris’ response was a longwinded tale of her middle-class upbringing, which bored the host, who begged her to get on with it.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Their mother, living in exile in London, begged the United Nations to intervene, alleging that her daughters were being forcibly drugged.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower to stay with her inland, but there had been many evacuation warnings over the years as hurricanes neared his Indian Rocks Beach home — the storm surge never got more than knee-high.
—David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Jessica Drye Turner in Texas had begged for someone to rescue her family members stranded on their rooftop in Asheville amid rising floodwaters.
—Kate Payne, arkansasonline.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Rebekah Riess, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
This find begged many questions for researchers about the sophistication of these ancient species.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
Diamond Peak’s groomers are immaculate, ranging from steeps that encouraged testers to find the speed limits of boards to lazy, long, rippable pitches that overlooked Lake Tahoe and begged for carving analysis.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2024
Pat removed the bands and begged each child to breathe.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Harris’ response was a longwinded tale of her middle-class upbringing, which bored the host, who begged her to get on with it.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Their mother, living in exile in London, begged the United Nations to intervene, alleging that her daughters were being forcibly drugged.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower to stay with her inland, but there had been many evacuation warnings over the years as hurricanes neared his Indian Rocks Beach home — the storm surge never got more than knee-high.
—David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Jessica Drye Turner in Texas had begged for someone to rescue her family members stranded on their rooftop in Asheville amid rising floodwaters.
—Kate Payne, arkansasonline.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Begged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begged. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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