How to Use begin in a Sentence

begin

verb

• I began the quilt last month.
• He plans to begin the project later this week.
• I had just begun eating when the phone rang.
• They will begin construction on the new school soon.
• They both began their careers at the local newspaper.
• I got the job and I begin work on Monday!
• She interrupted as soon as I began to speak.
• She'll begin the lecture at 10.
• Now that I've begun, I'll go on till I finish.
• The university began accepting applications in November.
• The walk starts at 9 a.m. and check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• And to think, when the game and series began with the highest of Kershaw hopes.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Ready to add new color to your walls but don't know where to begin?
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
• When starting with a low dose, begin with just a small amount of delta 8 THC.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2023
• The finale begins in the past, with the team arriving back at camp with Javi's frozen corpse.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
• The filling and topping will begin to break down over time.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 July 2023
• The plot begins when Alexander the Great takes over the country of Sidon and wants to find a local person to run it.
  — James Bash | , oregonlive, 28 July 2023
• And that’s where the real fun begins, Cuban told The Washington Post.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• The proceedings will take place over the course of three days, beginning on Tuesday.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• Add the mussels, cover the pot, and cook until the mussels just begin to open, 4–5 minutes.
  — Brooke Dojny, Saveur, 7 Dec. 2023
• The ad begins with a shot of a daughter on her phone, as her father watches a sports game on the television.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2024
• If the skin begins to darken too much, tent the turkey loosely with aluminum foil.
  — Sean Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
• The eruption began at 10:17 p.m. local time on Monday, the Met Office said.
  — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
• Facts and claims begin to trickle out and are reported as such.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• The protests began in the wake of a separate explosion at Gaza’s oldest church.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
• Other stores, such as Walmart, have begun doing the same.
  — The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2024
• Garland added that once the protest began, the store manager called the police and moved the event to the second floor of the shop, called Teatotaller, away from the demonstrators.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 21 June 2023
• The Luke Fickell Era begins (not counting last season's bowl game)!
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• Night Swim has begun its run in theaters with $1.5 million in previews.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• Winds as high as 60 mph are expected through the overnight in Hawaii, then will begin to diminish through the day on Wednesday.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024