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 crowd begged him to come out, tip his cap, take their adulation.
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Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
At BookCon, readers begged and pleaded to make it off the standby line into a panel featuring Dinniman and the series’ audiobook narrator, Jeff Hays.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Several visiting unaffiliated curators, who would not go on the record for this story with quotes, begged for more cohesion.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
This man who had overseen the protection of national artworks from the advancing German army—this man wept like a child on the floor and begged his mistress not to abandon him.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Kats begged the judge for probation and said the person being portrayed is not him.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The zoo’s management wanted to put Ziggy down, but Lewis begged that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment, indoors.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Reigns tossed Punk from the announce table onto the ground as the referee begged for both competitors to get back into the ring.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Those who didn't begged the Grammy winner to drop it, which prompted her to make the leap to beauty entrepreneur.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
At BookCon, readers begged and pleaded to make it off the standby line into a panel featuring Dinniman and the series’ audiobook narrator, Jeff Hays.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Several visiting unaffiliated curators, who would not go on the record for this story with quotes, begged for more cohesion.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
This man who had overseen the protection of national artworks from the advancing German army—this man wept like a child on the floor and begged his mistress not to abandon him.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Kats begged the judge for probation and said the person being portrayed is not him.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The zoo’s management wanted to put Ziggy down, but Lewis begged that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment, indoors.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Reigns tossed Punk from the announce table onto the ground as the referee begged for both competitors to get back into the ring.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Those who didn't begged the Grammy winner to drop it, which prompted her to make the leap to beauty entrepreneur.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begged
Verb
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In a Miami courtroom last year, the men successfully petitioned for parental rights before the boy was even born.—
Kimberly Bird,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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In October, 2024, Yotam Ben-Hillel, an Israeli human-rights lawyer, petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court on behalf of a coalition of international aid groups in an effort to force the Israeli government to address the situation.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Verb
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When this happens, passengers are asked to dump their drinks out in a dedicated dumping facility or throw the whole thing away into a trash can.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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Since radios are often found in the same rooms as sofas, the man asked at what speed sofa waves travelled.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Begged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begged. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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