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.
• Some even begin to feel trapped.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Work began on the home in April.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
• Game 7 is where tall tales begin and dreams die.
  — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Tan to brown blades can be left or raked from lawns as growth begins.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
• But Binoche didn’t know where to begin.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
• The quest for a sixth star begins again for Brazil.
  — Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
• The bar staff were beginning to clear up for the night.
  — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
• When do fall colors begin to show in plants and trees?
  — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
• This section will be filled in once the game begins.
  — American-Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
• The latest round is about to begin.
  — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
• Clients may have no idea that the owner has begun to feel worn thin.
  — Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• As the service began, it was clasped shut.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026
• Ready to add new color to your walls but don't know where to begin?
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
• And this seems to have already begun.
  — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
• That’s when the real fight begins.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 May 2026
• Operacz began to feel pain in her side and run a fever.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
• Peters began the rally in the sixth with a one-out walk.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
• But there may come a time when those figures begin to dwindle.
  — Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
• Culkin was just four years old when his acting career began.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
• The hunt begins But the shooter wasn’t in the crowd.
  — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025