| 单词 | begging |
| 例句 | “I don’t know how I’ll ever get over it. I wasn’t dreaming. I didn’t imagine it. I heard his voice! He was begging, ‘Mom! Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to me and reared up, begging for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This complex and exceedingly efficient government operation was completed while residents of New Orleans were trapped in attics and begging for rescue from rooftops and highway overpasses. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She stood in front of me, kind of begging, “Tim, let’s open it and see. If there’s nothing important in it, then you can deliver it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the scene switches to a young Hideo on his knees before his parents, sobbing, begging forgiveness, hysterical, inconsolable, even as they try to make him get up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At first Hanako thought it was someone else begging for food. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was begging him for more direction, but that’s not what he does. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “He’s a begging friar of the Franciscan rule,” Bear said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Sam’s cat is at the door, begging to come in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I imagine them telling the Doctorita how I work in the fields, and the Doctorita assuming it’s a matter of time before I come begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He could just imagine himself running down to the field, wearing his starched white shirt and pretending he wasn’t, begging to play with Willis Hurd. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And I remember thinking this is what it’s like to be the one begging. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I hear my voice begging him to let me go, but I don’t sound like myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was common knowledge that he was always begging Dumbledore to let him suspend students by their ankles from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "M'lord, begging your pardon, Her Grace said those as didn't meet their numbers would have their hands crushed," the anxious smith persisted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I went out and found an old drunk loitering around the Circle K in Sunset Heights, begging for money. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z His eyes had a peculiar expression, as if he were begging. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “The meaning of life,” said Botticelli, “is suffering, specifically the suffering of others. Prisoners, for instance. Reducing a prisoner to weeping and wailing and begging is a delightful way to invest your existence with meaning. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I stare at Pi, begging him to agree with Nana’s rules. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z To her mother’s inquiries she answered that she was quite well, and Jo’s she silenced by begging to be let alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was because of this continuous stream of undocumented human souls that, a few months after our arrival, my mother warned me about the perils of a favourite habit of mine: begging for food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Some stores which had nothing to gain from the children neither locked them out nor gave them anything save a profane lecture on the evils of begging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She clasped her hands together and shook them in a pleading motion, begging with her eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And then she looked at me, in a strange way, as if she were begging me for her life, as if I could pardon her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The candy-store man had hoarded all broken bits of candy for weeks and now passed it out in little bags for all who came begging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They started praying for it every night, while I was begging my body to miscarry. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People saw it and ran out of bombed buildings and craters, begging for aid and medicine. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They would show the image over and over again while they read the names of those who were trapped inside, begging for help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He went everywhere begging alms with a copper dish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “How come she ain’t got no problem defending herself from that crazy man? But she chase after Miss Hilly like she just begging for abuse?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She tosses me an exasperated look and points at the twins, who are poking a fire-ant mound with a stick, practically begging to get swarmed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She ran across town, knowing the physician would relish every moment of Hassan’s wife begging for his life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In fact, he often caught himself silently begging her to revert to her old form of harmless torture. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad said that when the paramedics arrived, Shawn was sobbing, begging for Mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He made her feel as though the world belonged to them—as though it lay before them like an opened frog on a dissecting table, begging to be examined. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprising how much like a small, begging child she makes me feel, simply by her scowl, her stolidity; how importunate and whiny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not understand that my refusal to go to church was my way of silently begging them to let me sleep somewhere else. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was going off, begging her for the thousandth time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I would not steal. Stealing and begging make a man no better than a dog.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s the last time they see each other for weeks, and after a lot of teasing and maybe some begging, he convinces Henry to download Snapchat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a begging look, and Old Yeller wasn’t the kind to beg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z There were proud young knights, pushing past the wet rabble, their sheathed swords swinging like ship booms, occasionally smacking in the face the children who ran behind them, begging for bread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z If ’tis neither one nor the other, then ’tis neighbor against neighbor, or ’tis the lord of the manor against the peasants, begging thy pardon, young master.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Now the boys were begging me for the raisin and offering me everything, a slug of their milk, a pencil, a comic book. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Holding it before me, I moved about, saying nothing, but begging for coins. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As I closed the door, Madam started in again, begging him to take her with him, or at least to let her know where he was going. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I said all this in an angry tone, for my father had gone on gambling, despite my mother begging him for some money to buy clothes for the infant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't tell me you want to go. Please don't tell me that," she said, her voice kind of begging. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She studied me from a treetop, Songololo begging for attention at her feet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z An hour and a half later they gave up and came to me begging for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Goblin had been cavorting, blowing through his nostrils, begging to be let out. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I’d cut up fruit for Methuselah, still hanging around begging, and catch grasshoppers for Leon, the chameleon we keep in a wooden crate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All morning, I tagged behind Mundín, begging him to trade me that packet of clay. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The pleading was followed by an extended period of screaming that ultimately gave way to more begging. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Enrique has less than 50 pesos on him, only a few coins that he has gathered begging. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And letters poured into his house by the million from children begging him to pay them a visit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He saw her memories of childhood—roughhousing with her brothers, running around their courtyard home, begging their mother for rock sugar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His uncle and cousins are shouting, begging, pleading on the porch. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be begging for lenience and then have him go out and hurt someone else. But I also don’t want him sent to adult prison.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Please. This is the greatest moment in my life. Please. I’m begging you.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Taylor pushed by, begging Longstreet’s pardon, needing a signature on a letter to someone. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Was Hamlet somehow begging me to leave the court of Denmark? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He went to his friends begging one after another of them to die and let him live. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He went back to the edge of the basin, calling, begging, and even insulting Chacho to get a response. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Pa that day, begging him to put Post-it notes on different objects around the apartment to teach me Spanish so I wouldn’t get bullied again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I look at her, begging her to leave, not to embarrass me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z While I was sick and begging for my food in Xinjiang, what was she doing here? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Minli turned around and saw a wrinkled, poor man begging at a peach stand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The football boys gathered around their exalted coach, begging in vain for some reprieve. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But stealing and begging, Crane-man said, made a man no better than a dog. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Come on, what kind of person sits in front of his locker, with his eyes shut, barefoot, and mumbling in some foreign language? He was practically begging for it.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It’s worse than going on the dole, it’s worse than going to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, it’s worse than begging on the streets with the tinkers and the knackers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "That may be so," Davos said, "but when I was a boy in Flea Bottom begging for a copper, sometimes the septons would feed me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Neville looked around rather wildly, as though begging someone to help him, then said, in barely more than a whisper, “Professor Snape.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Olanna stared at the beggars clumped around the walls of the palace, their bodies and begging bowls covered in flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I visualized the door bursting open and this horde of people swarming in and begging to audition. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They agreed to marry and go ’way up north, where Cholly said steel mills were begging for workers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept begging him to let me drive. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Gone was the swagger he used like a glamour to hide this needy boy who was begging me to come home with him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z On a stop through Mobile, Alabama, a black man accosted him, crying and begging for a ride up north. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He stood stiffly on the other side of the gate, sleepy eyes begging me to ask him in. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His voice was imploring; it was as though he were begging to be reassured. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "There are Patinas and Krystals all over the place, begging to be in your spot. Praying to form the bond that y'all are so determined to break. Fix it." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I’m begging everyone around me to do something. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Don’t you have any pride, begging for boots like that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You women should all be on your knees begging forgiveness for what I have seen here on this fence.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Orphans by the thousands roamed the streets in their rags and boils, slumped in doorways, begging for food, clothing, anything. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I turn back to the Chagall, begging it to suck me in, please, just as Dad fills up the doorway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z To migrants, begging in Chiapas is like walking up to a loaded gun. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The refugees screamed and cried, begging for passage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She phoned her parents every chance she could, begging them to let her return to the familiarity of Monroe. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I have memories of walking around that trailer park carrying Luke’s bottle and begging for milk. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Most of these ragged men had nothing beyond what they took in the day’s labor and begging, and he was always conscious that he was not truly one of them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “That man has been begging me to introduce him to your sister since the wedding,” Henry says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On the third night I asked him for some hand lotion, I didn’t want to sound begging, but I wanted what I could get. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, annoyed by my whining and begging, Mamita snapped, “Fine.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t pay much, but I preferred it to begging. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A cracked wooden begging bowl and belt of hempen rope completed her garb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z About what it’s like growing up on the levee in Stockton, where every other person you meet has missing teeth or is leaning against a liquor store wall begging for change to buy beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m begging you. She’s only—” “I know who she is!” the stranger shouted, a line of spit hitting his chin. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was no way I was going to die begging a slob like Mr. D, just so he could laugh as we all got gunned down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A crowd of people was begging to be let in to search. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was an awkward system, and it took me a full year to become reasonably adept, and another year before I could set down every word without begging him to speak more slowly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The girl was weeping, begging for help from anyone who would listen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She stares at me, begging me to play along. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Georgie and I followed them through the woods, silently begging them to turn back, to stay near us as we’d stayed near them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But here the countryside is too desolate and dry to live off the land, and begging is too chancy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His family maintained that he was beaten by police and jail officials who then denied him his asthma inhaler and medication despite his begging for it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is distressing to watch their movements, to see them begging for something to eat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he sent an application off to regional headquarters, begging for a transfer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then I am asking you, Miss Podgórska. I am begging for your help. For me and my two children.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I remember closing my eyes and whispering her name, almost begging, trying to make her come back. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been begging him to let me, since I’m turning twelve in five months, but he hears too many stories about air-bag disasters from the trauma team he works with at the hospital. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I give her a warning look, begging her not to say anything else. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I see you begging every day....You know I have spent more than I ought already.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d need to get a job to pay his share of the rent and groceries, I said, but jobs were going begging in the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One unfortunate they found—I know not who—and we heard him begging for mercy as they led him away. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Everybody left me alone on meet days because they knew I had my rituals—hair, nails, begging for Flo Jo to give me some of her magic from heaven. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Zola looks at me so pleading and begging. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Without him, Inigo knew where he would be: on his back begging wine in some alley entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I overstated. She may take pity on you when you come begging for her hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You, Jam, begging for the life of a monster, pleading a plea to the hunter.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Shoot, the biggest and ugliest dude in there was probably begging for Ali's autograph. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It ended some time later with him breaking down in tears on the floor, clutching at my leg and begging me to forgive him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, “Business as usual.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Mr. Frodo Baggins is a real gentle hobbit, I always have said, whatever you may think of some others of the name, begging your pardon. And I hope my Sam’s behaved hisself and given satisfaction?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And he didn’t seem to notice when Sefia passed the book to Reed, golden clasps gleaming, begging to be opened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I look at Jamie, my eyes begging for him to save me, but he doesn’t seem to understand that I’m drowning. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He looked over at me, his eyes bugging, begging me to bail him out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Without a clan system or union contact or a family, Nailer and Nita were left with the dreg work, running messages, hauling small items, begging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But before he hurled it Poseidon came begging him to spare them and promising to keep them in order. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if right now he was begging the other monks for forgiveness or trying to lie his way out of this. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Give us a second chance. I’m begging you, Will.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Downstairs they found Laney yanking on Mama’s arm, begging her to let them open presents before breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The roads were filled with people, everybody running and begging for rides from passing trucks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t much of a match for his colt, who tugged away at the bridle, begging to run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her with her begging forgiveness for not buying me and telling me I’d have been a good slave for her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z More whispered words: prayer sounds, begging, an exhalation of storm and salt terror. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But then I pictured my father up north in New Jersey begging for work, and the devastated look on my mother’s face, and I hardened my heart. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they abandoned their cars and staggered up to the houses of strangers and pounded on their front doors, begging for and receiving shelter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The aunts in Hong Kong said to send money quickly; their children were begging on the sidewalks, and mean people put dirt in their bowls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Clark had accused him of begging in public. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I bite my bottom lip to keep from begging for his forgiveness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pawing the ground is a horse’s way of begging. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a squat, two-story structure that was begging to be torn down. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I winked at Ji-yun, and we both threw ourselves into her arms, begging and pleading. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only didn’t he eat for a couple of days, it was weeks afore he slept through a whole night without terrorfying me and Ma by waking up screaming and begging someone to stop. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I knew the feeling, so I joined in at the chorus, begging to get what I wanted for once. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Even if I’m completely exhausted, even if my body is screaming and begging that it needs to rest, some nights I just stare at my ceiling for hours and hours. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She knows I’m begging, begging without saying, Don’t tell. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z All morning long, students I hardly know are asking me to run for class president, begging me to join their clubs, their sports teams, to sit with them at lunch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I found that if you walked up and showed a railroad line’s employee identification card, the conductor—even a real cracker, if you approached him right, not begging—would just wave you aboard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I charge the eighty-five dollars to Mother’s account since she’s always begging me to go buy new clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Not large enough, begging your royal pardon,” said Brown Ben Plumm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He whimpers, begging Axel to leave the chopped tree for a better adventure. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Were my artificial neural chips begging me to recognize what was left behind? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z In truth, I slept only an hour or so past matins; then several of Mr. Pope's orphans invaded our room, begging for stories and horseback rides. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “It is even more like begging if your sister gives one for you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Parisian cousins nobody has heard from in decades now write letters begging for capons, hams, hens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He imagined the special recruits’ futures as they themselves must imagine them: With nowhere else to turn, no parents or grandparents begging for their returns, they would devote themselves entirely to the Institute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He's walking it past us, and in the moonlight his face is filled with terror, begging me silently to run, run now, leave Mirjam behind if she won't follow me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Our only hope was asylum in places like England or America, which meant we were refugees, begging for them to protect us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Yes, me punching Brandon in the face makes it right, because he had been begging for it for forever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Way back before Mami was even born, Chucha had just appeared at my grandfather's doorstep one night, begging to be taken in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Finally, I walk over to a bent old man who sits cross-legged on the floor, begging. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Would they see me in this speeding car holding my head and stomach and begging that Kasim is not arrested? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I envisioned the finicky curators coming to my door and begging me to hold another show at the Louvre or the Metropolitan. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Didn’t want anyone begging for my orange or teasing me for getting it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He would seek me out and woo me again, begging for my love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z All three girls were around him in a moment, shushing and begging him to keep still. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He sounds just like Javier, begging for me to read him his book. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You have principles and you don’t want to compromise them—but I’m begging you, Richard. There’s got to be something you can do....I mean...the baby...” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead I knelt on the floor, feeling like a pilgrim begging advice from an all-knowing oracle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Tears streamed down his face and he cradled the barrel of the shotgun in his arms as though it were the woman he had been begging for, searching for, all his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba Joseph had several pets: a duiker antelope, a bush baby, a large tortoise, and an enormous warthog that waddled after him, begging for treats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither ever lost his or her temper; and, terrified of blowing their lives again, each begging the other for some kind of emotional security, theirs became a kid-gloved marriage of major proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Wang Lung had never in his life begged of any man and he disliked this notion of begging of strange people in the south. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My gaze lowers to his lips; they’re a little wet and begging me to kiss them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In court begging some judge to keep a roof over your hard heads...” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Didn’t pull away, just watched, black eyes begging as the knife cut into her brown skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She says it’s not begging, it’s charity, but Dad says it’s begging and shameful. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We had gone from a bustling practice that turned people away to one that was practically begging for clients. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Disney cartoons lure out the girls, who always surround Brother Vu, begging him to break yet another piece of wood. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He'd sent word begging Gauguin to come visit, but Gauguin hadn't. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “What is the thing you’ve been begging and badgering me for all these years? Leaving notes around the house to remind me. In my shoes, in the sugar bowl.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t right that Dismay wasn’t in the house saying good morning to everybody and begging for a biscuit hot from the oven. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Children crowded around, begging for candy and stories and shims. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He depicted her begging for mercy and offering gifts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead, the boy pulled him down onto his lap again and spoke to his father in a begging tone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Openings were going begging that paid nearly twice the money. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I got my phone out of my pocket and began typing a text to send her, begging her to rescue me from Marcus, but I deleted it and put my phone away. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He looked at his brother, begging him silently to agree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What delighted him— what he kept begging Park for—were stories about food and eating, particularly when the main course was grilled meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Just because I'm playing for the other team doesn’t mean that I’m this pathetic human being who's begging to be loved. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She looks them in the eye with the begging hope that they’ll hear her and she says, “Because it’s true.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was staring at Travis, begging him with my eyes to just walk away, to leave me alone, but Travis was lost in his own panic. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Remember the Roma you saw begging with their children in the street, and the venom with which they were addressed. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He’s holding his clasped hands in pretend prayer, begging, and it’s raining, and the bus is pulling away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I dunno,” Bloom said, wondering where to begin, begging himself to muster the guts to refuse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soft begging words to Ganesha and the Buddha, to Kali-Mary Mercy and the Christian God... she was praying to anything at all, begging the Fates to let her walk from the shadow of death. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And it became clear to L.V. that there wasn’t much use waiting for the crooked front door to open on Boobie standing there with that infectious smile on his face begging for forgiveness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop begging for food, you hear! This isn’t Fifteenth Avenue!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At last I went again to him, begging him to do what he could. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Please, if possible, I am begging for your help. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “It’s just that. . . that it seems like begging,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on the day before her wedding, the seamstresses took in her bodice, begging her to eat and fill out her gown. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His whole body gathered up behind the bit, and he skittered around like a downed electrical wire, begging Pollard to turn him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a couple comments from Aimee, begging him to pick up his phone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Fearing the worst, the debased tlatoani made a begging public appearance on behalf of the Spanish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I also couldn’t help but think about her mother, in the front row, heaving and rocking, and occasionally lifting her hands as if begging God for some kind of help. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Where did my poor blind girl go begging last night?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Marlena. Darling. Look at me. I’m on my knees. I’m begging you. What more can I do? My darling—my sweet—please come inside with me. We’ll talk about it. We’ll work it out.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A robe of undyed wool belted with a hempen rope marked him far one of the begging brothers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had seen the thin, ragged drug addicts huddled on street corners, begging for scraps. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She was begging a sailor for a sweet, which he held tauntingly out of reach. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They seem to think we are Santa Claus, the way the children come around begging us for food and things every single day—and us as poor as church mice! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To me, in private, he says, “You will see how quickly they will be begging me for help and advice.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If I’d pushed that button when I’d had the chance, I wouldn’t have needed to stand outside in the cold night, begging the aliens to save me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I try to call out, begging them to stop, but the ashes fill my mouth and nose and I can’t make any sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He glanced from boy to boy, begging with his eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He tried again, crying and pleading, begging, sobbing, and Lord Asriel took no notice except to knock him to the ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Davi sobbed loudly, begging them to let her stay with her mother, but the soldiers dragged her on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I find myself whispering long, never-ending sentences to God, begging for Mother to feel some relief, pleading for good news about the book, sometimes even asking for some hint of what to do about Stuart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That part wants to break down, crying and begging, to say I’m sorry for everything. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She cheered on these newly arrived fugitives, working herself, finding work for them, finding food for them, praying for them, sometimes begging for them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There came a point when Harry stopped trying to fight back, when the blows from the monster were too strong, too many, too fast, when he began begging the monster to stop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Preachers and sinners cried at revivals, and old Chickenfoot Creesie, a colored man, would cry when he came to our back door begging vittles for his children on a cold winter day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Else would linger nearby, begging for a spoonful of rose petal jam. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Think about Diana Ross waking me up in the morning, begging me not to get out of bed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes—black, begging—stare at the king. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was right pitiful the way she set to begging. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Secrets float between us, begging to be revealed. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Happy I’ve stopped begging for notes to get out of gym class. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We would stand around pouting, sniffling, trying to keep back our tears, begging for our playthings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It took two weeks of relentless begging before my parents agreed to lift their “no animals in the house” rule. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Their black noses click and clack against the glass, begging to be let in. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Seven’s amulet spun wildly, and she closed her eyes, begging one final time for the thing she’d begged for whenever she thought of this night: Please let it turn purple. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z When they left, half the Pickwell kids followed them, begging Mars to perform his legendary feat of stopping traffic. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was kneeling and begging him not to leave and he wished she would be furious instead. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Why isn’t he yelling? Or crying? Or at least banging on the windows, begging for rescue?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She thought about begging further, and maybe even trying to work some tears out of her eyes so she could get at those precious cakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her big dark eyes were wide and begging. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was not there, but in a corner sat Russell, the young man who had been campaigning around the village, begging the Eskimos to vote “No” on requests for liquor licenses by the local restaurants. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes must have looked like the big black eyes of the bull, begging my dad to save me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Well, you have seen them. And you don’t believe it! I’ll have you begging to get in here. I’ll have you screaming at the moon.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I believe she talks to Ruth May more or less constantly, begging forgiveness when no one is around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They carried begging bowls, and the air was heavy with their chants. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I went back to my street corner and proceeded to waste three hours begging, not gaining so much as a thin shim for my ef- forts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Streaking down the homestretch, Woolf was a crimson blur on Seabiscuit’s back, lifting him, holding him together, begging him for more, dropping flat to lie under the wind. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Just left a prayerful note to my father, begging him to take care of TJ. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But I was certain that if Fred were here, he would be begging my dad to drive us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Dandelion remained beside Haystack, begging her to move and expecting every moment to feel the cat’s claws in his back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not back on drugs, Ms. Lewis. I’m simply in a bad situation at the moment. I’m begging you, mother to mother, to give me more time.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her father had been begging her to toss the jeans for almost a year, but they were more comfortable than anything else Candice owned. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If they were stupid enough to bury it in a hole, he thought, then they’re practically begging for someone to find it and take it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Then they just leave them there. That marine colonel said when they found them they were still alive and begging for somebody to kill them.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Pauline went to bed those nights begging her husband not to gnaw with his beak at the living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a begging smile, a passive acceptance of the policeman’s authority. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom was crying, begging, and pleading; asking for more time as if she were gasping for a last breath of air. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We lay in our beds listening to Nelson’s steady, high-pitched begging. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He pounded on the door, begging for Jonas to open it, until Jonas did, his hair standing on end like the comb of a rooster. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Suddenly I heard the voice of a child begging for my life to be spared. But Chief Powhatan refused the requests. He declared, ‘No. The Englishman will die.’ Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His eyes are begging me to understand something. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His body was begging him to quit, but Jesse pushed it on. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “You are wondering, perhaps, about your young friend,” said Lucius, “the one with the continually running nose. Yes. He brought you here, weeping, begging for my assistance. ‘Put him together again/ he said. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Even the Buddha himself went begging in the morning. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “A shower is like begging,” Ma said, staring out of the car window at the storefronts along Flatbush Avenue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I ain’t one to beg, but I’m begging you to think on this and not do nothing this fast. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She never scolded me, but kept begging me, with a sorrowful face, to tell her what she had done wrong. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “The question is how to open it. We’ve already tried pushing it, sliding it, and begging it. No luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Koch phoned Houseman, begging him to pick another story. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Seventy-two hours through the Roaring Forties. Seventy-two hours by dead reckoning, and then you enter Salem Harbor. Why, you...begging your pardon, ma’am, for what I’m thinking.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A few people shake their heads stiffly, begging me with their eyes to stop drawing attention to their vicinity. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z For a long moment she did not speak, but those eyes were begging. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her tone of voice suggested that she was possibly begging someone for a heart or kidney, something urgent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Pynto was soon too busy to pay her any mind, but several of his regulars dropped coins into her begging bowl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was crying now, wringing the sweatshirt in her hands, begging me to touch it, just take it, please, please, maybe I’d feel something, maybe I’d know...I turned and I ran. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Frieda and I exchanged glances, her eyes begging my restraint, mine promising nothing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like he was begging for something. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Then in the middle of a stormy night came Pechvarry hammering at Ged's door, begging him to come save the child. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z All the cool stuff I was going to say just flew out my head and I heard myself begging for just one more chance. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I remember begging Baba to take us to Iran so we could meet John Wayne. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "There was a black brother," Sansa said, "begging men for the Wall, only he was kind of old and smelly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hearing Junaid brag is a lot better than his begging me to feed him drama about my life. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I had been in Tarbean for two months when I first thought to try my hand at begging Hillside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Vanessa, I’ve written you letters for years explaining, begging for your forgiveness over and over again. I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She thought of Nestor begging with his last breath for his Shu masters to return. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He will flay me from head to heel this time, and no amount of begging will end the anguish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I considered throwing myself on my knees and begging for mercy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw himself sitting at his bench, his shop crowded with boys with mothers, boys with fathers, all begging to be allowed to work for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As Tal and Fischer left the stage, journalists rushed to them begging for a comment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He accompanied them as far as the end of the wood with all the cheerfulness he could muster; only begging Hazel, out of hearing of the rest, not to underrate the danger. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Them big ol' eyes of yours looking like a puppy begging for love. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z We can’t restrain him when he’s angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear button’—and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I mean, Dolly Parton—THE Dolly Parton—is singing to some mysterious Jolene who she thinks is more beautiful and more worthy than her, begging her not to take her man. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I can hear his whimper through the phone, soft, wispy, begging to be hidden. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The other part runs screaming worse than a four-year-old begging her mama to chase the boogeyman out of the closet and off to a place where bad dreams don’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Come tomorrow morning, would they all realize what they had done and come running, begging to erase their names? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I didn’t want to yell—it wasn’t to that level yet—but my eyes were begging for help. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I had kept begging Buddy to show me some really interesting hospital sights, so one Friday I cut all my classes and came down for a long weekend and he gave me the works. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Our friendship seems like rotting fruit trying to hold on for one more day, begging for anyone—anything—to save it from complete spoil. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After dinner he asked for the Queen at her door, but received only a verbal message begging him to do as she had asked. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I fight every muscle in my body, begging me to collapse. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Tired of pursuing her up and down the house, begging her with his eyes and drilling holes in the bathroom wall, he decided to devote himself to politics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess somebody somewhere loves to see poor folks in the hood begging for food. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Please, dude, I’m begging you. Please do me this favor. Please. There’s this girl here, and I wanna get with her, and I told her I know all these rappers...Please. I’m begging you.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Instead of the dominating father figure abusing us for our own good, he was a chain-smoking newjack begging re-porters to “bear with me—I’m a little nervous.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Christmas came my mother locked my ailing brother and sister and me inside the house, while she went about the township begging for cookies, Kool-Aid and other foods to keep us alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart beat furiously as she grunt-whined the sound of the puppy begging adoringly for attention. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’m so overcome with gratitude that I have to remind myself: This is my reward for all those years of begging and pleading, trying to whip up enthusiasm and getting nowhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As an additional attraction, I noted on my spring visit that the Portland-area business community was begging piteously for fresh employable bodies. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By nature, he was a timid man, yet timid or bold he would go on printing, begging the people of Massachusetts to wake up and resist this tyranny before it was too late. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It took Pong a moment to realize they were begging. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “He came here last night, trying to speak to my mom, begging her to let him back in.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Being queen would be the opposite of crawling back to the Doctorita pregnant and begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "If you are here about those begging brothers, Tyrion, spare me your re-proaches. I won't have them spreading their filthy treasons in the streets. They can preach to each other in the dungeons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I had been a begging puppy and a delighted slave, yet I hadn’t felt cursed since I met Lucinda. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Us boogeyfolk know what you magicians are planning, and we don’t want any part in it. Please don’t force us, I’m begging you.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z His eyes flit across mine, begging me to let him off the hook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a good thing I’d bit my tongue, because I came real close to saying those stupid begging words to Mr. Amos. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z A long line of defectors had come begging ahead of him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z If he had known what was coming up for his day, he would have been begging me to smuggle him to school in my backpack. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lord Eddard, pardons," Desmond called out, opening the door a crack, "but there's a black brother here begging audience. He says the matter is urgent. I thought you would want to know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Finally, when Horace tripped over a root and fell to the ground and then lay there begging for a rest, we all stopped. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Zoya Malkova and two of her friends visited the local military recruitment officer at least three times, begging him to assign them to combat duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to Jesse that parents were meant to be understood .any more than the safe at the Millsburg First National was sitting around begging him to crack it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In the town of Savathi every child knew the name of the illustrious Buddha and every house was ready to fill the alms bowls of Gotama’s silently begging disciples. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just remembered that Karen Linga down the street fell and broke her hip and she’s in so much pain she is begging for you to come take her away.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Spirits are always high on Midwinter’s Day, and high spirits mean good begging. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’s no different from the ones begging for coins on the street with outstretched hands—the ones who make guilt creep over you like tiny, biting fleas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I sobbed, begging my mother to let me go, telling her that I would never write such words again; but she did not relent until the last soap-word had been cleaned away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On Friday, he is there again, with his begging hands. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Before they have traveled halfway through the space they are begging to ride the Carousel instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It began with pleas from the woman begging for the lives of her children, and the children sobbing in despair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She was begging. And I made her promise not to send it without talking to me. That was supposed to be part of the deal.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When she finished, she rubbed her eyes, sleep begging to creep in. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I see him still, begging, “No one will find me.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I scrambled to a little niche where a statue of the Virgencita was standing, and begging her pardon, I knocked her and her pedestal over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not want them to be wholly “children of the pavement,” she always said when begging to have them for a space. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even with a begging look in his eyes did he ask for help. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The four of them had written a letter together begging Marina to help them become combat pilots, and they joined the 122nd Air Group together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The fruit or whatever are like little shriveled dots but sweet and chewy and I’ve finished the whole pack in half a minute before I notice Manchee begging. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Many a night, and this night is no different, a shy voice calls out of the darkness, begging their pardon. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She cried again, begging for the one thing I couldn’t give her, help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite our begging him to join, Colton opted out, claiming he didn’t have anything to say. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She goes from car to car, begging, with a picture of a mutilated migrant she’s trying to help and the prescription she must fill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The old blue hopelessness invades my sleep and I’m crossing the river, looking back at the faces of children begging for food, “Cadeaux! Cadeaux!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most begging him to waste the day spending a million dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z They complain about it, instead of begging God to bring them back and pretending they were little angels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They were loud, both begging and daring people to look their way. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She replies tartly, “I was going to say Wednesday after school, but you’ll be out begging strangers for candy, so forget it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sleep, just doing everything I could to ignore Chris’s text message begging me for details, and trying not to text Lovey to see what the hell I did to blow the night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If she were a man, they would have called out to her and extended their begging bowls, and the flies would rise in buzzing clouds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All winter he’s been like a dog scratching the door, begging to go out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He yells back at me, “Baby Face, stay close, but I’m begging you, don’t start killing no one jus’ yet.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Arthur tries dragging me away, and I only step back because he’s begging me and my name is a choked breath and he’s crying and he’s probably more scared than that five-year-old kid. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He never deviates or lets himself be swayed by the voices outside the door, begging him to open up before a disaster occurs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He writes to him, begging Theo to let him know how his foot is, what the doctor says. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was quietly begging his mother to wake up when it appeared to him that she wasn't breathing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Ibtihaj, you are funny. All of this begging and pleading, and you’re talking about girls having to sleep in the basement.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His mother’s eyes were begging him to tell her it wasn’t true. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Shin ran to the guard, begging him for help. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Desperately begging for help in a room full of uncomfortable people who want to be helpful, but just don’t know how. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Would we become like the orphan child we often saw in the village streets, begging for bread and eating scraps of meat like a wild animal? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Remember the little black book with my picture in it. Where is it?” my mother said, again grabbing me and shaking me, begging me to remember. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardly encouraged by my first foray into thievery, I had decided that today was a begging day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With a gang of children, I roamed the streets, begging pennies from passers-by, haunting the doors of saloons, wandering farther and farther away from home each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite complaining and even begging, however, he couldn’t persuade them to let him stop. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He reported that Janis was begging to learn to drive too, which he opposed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surprised I shouldn’t be begging to go with him again!” she said to herself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A child near you tugs on her mother’s sleeve, begging to know what it says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I pictured both Yoshotos coming to me in the morning and asking me, begging me, to hear their secret problem out, to the last, terrible detail. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I stormed out, expecting him to follow after me, begging forgiveness, and when he didn’t, my fury doubled. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks like a homeless guy begging for change on a corner, but instead of an empty can, he’s holding a pie plate buried under a mound of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z But the younger lad grew adept and indeed more adept at petty thieving than at begging. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He stared at her, then pulled at her hand as though begging her to groom him, to comfort him, as she had done throughout his life. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A Knockout King in a kingdom of people who keep taunting him with their purposes in life, straight begging to get their jaws dislocated. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Never have I heard such sounds of misery: the moaning and whimpering, the begging to be released from their bodies. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z So they starved and froze and died in the snow, their arms frozen outward, still begging. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She had come to the shore, begging for a ride. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In three months you'll be crawling back to us on your knees, pregnant, begging for us to take you in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Broken images were racing each other through his mind: Sirius falling through the veil; Dumbledore suspended, broken, in midair; a flash of green light and his mother’s voice, begging for mercy... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I know you’ve written to Wylan every week since he left your household, begging him to return. Those are not the actions of a man who doesn’t care for his only son and heir.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But here they all seemed impersonal; and yet when most impersonal they startled me by being polite, by begging my pardon after brushing against me in a crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, he takes Rafey and Tariq to Sunday school at the mosque, but I tag along by begging in my nicest voice. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We was already dead and I wasn’t gonna spend my last minutes on earth begging no worm from the bottom of a outhouse for my life. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Then I thought about how my mother had been begging my dad to put a light out there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes old women knelt on the riverbank, begging the River God to return a son or grandson who may have drowned. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to try to teach “Buds” a few tricks—such as sitting up and begging for a tidbit, or sitting with a biscuit on his nose until I said “Okay.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Howard’s voice bubbled over the line, begging him to join the festivities. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m begging Momma not to do this to me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Her legs were cramping, begging to be moved. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I ignored her warnings and went on begging for food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. Of course. I know Fred’s weaknesses. I’ve studied his fears. I know how to play mind games and make him mess up so much they’ll be begging for you to come back!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z So here I go begging from house to house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Today she was talking about how well-rounded certain historical figures were, begging us to become “Renaissance men or women.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She followed him around the house like a puppy, begging him to show her how to stand on her head and stick pins through her skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If Pima weren’t such a good crew boss, she’d already be on the beach, hungry and begging for anything that came her way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I hoped I didn’t get the chance to do too much screaming and begging. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We had enough food on our table, but emotionally and spiritually speaking, I felt like I was desperate, begging for sustenance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I think, reader, that she was feeling the same thing that Despereaux had felt when he was faced with his father begging him for forgiveness. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Mrs. Salinger went on, “And I have already chosen the pairs, so don’t bother begging. In fact, don’t ask. The pairs are listed at the top of this sheet.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And then she’s off down the hall, trailed by a couple of orderlies begging for her autograph. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He dragged his leaden feet, begging them to cooperate, but the row of Barbies seemed to lengthen, stretch out for miles. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “They needn’t know,” he whispered, leaning close to me, an almost frantic look in his eyes as though he were begging not to be rejected. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She also didn’t know how to console Tidbit, who was crying softly and begging for his mother and his dog. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed the students a thick envelope, begging them to take it immediately to the US embassy in Moscow, which was not far away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But the notion of holding up a bowl and begging of anyone who passed continued to distress him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Puli was standing some distance away; from somewhere he had produced a begging bowl which he held in the crook of his elbow, while he displayed his mutilated hands to the passers-by. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t say all dat when you wuz begging Nanny for me to marry you.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was her last wish to see her daughter again, so her father wrote to Anna, begging her to take what money she had and come to America. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And Mother is scraping and fawning, “If you please, sir . . . begging your lordship’s pardon.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Caton had gone begging to Mr. Dubonnet, and the union chief had unbent just enough to let him build me the nozzles, casements, fins, and nose cones I needed for my display. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s like inside he is begging for me to agree. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The master of whisperers had been dressed as a begging brother, in a moth-eaten robe of brown roughspun with a cowl that shadowed his smooth fat cheeks and bald round head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "When I want to leave the past in the past, it follows me like a begging dog," says a man who survived five camps. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But he was already dead tired, and the anger was still begging to be fed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then, whining, he turned and crawled back to solid ground, tail between his legs, and commenced begging me to come back, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And it takes me a moment to realize: this is the show Eva has been begging me to watch. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Behind them, a woman in a pale dress came running, screaming at the boys, begging them to stop. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I broke out crying and begging pardon, and hugged Joe round the neck: who dropped the poker to hug me, and to say, “Ever the best of friends; an’t us, Pip? Don’t cry, old chap!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A day or ten cramped up inside the ice would leave him shivering and feverish and begging for release, Jon did not doubt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And just then, Felix looked up and saw, down the street, a homeless woman with a dog begging for change with a paper coffee cup, and he felt even worse. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When the addict’s withdrawal sets in, and he is screaming, cursing, and begging, “Just one shot, man!” the Muslims are right there talking junkie jargon to him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Surrounded by servants tearing their clothing and wailing, begging to join me in the afterlife so that they can continue to serve me.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “My name is Jane McKeene. I'm begging your pardon for disturbing your afternoon repose, ma'am, but I was directed to see you about lodgings, a bath, and the possibility of some sustenance.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Apa, please give me the green card, I say again, a begging note cracking my voice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z My son begged us to come and I say no until he stop begging. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z That party was absolutely begging for a police visit. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Back in Tehran, my mom was only nineteen and had spent the last year begging her overbearing father to send her to university in London. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Sounds fun,” I say slowly, and then I press my lips together, because it’s not like I’m about to sit here begging for an invite to a random party on my own birthday. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He hated that there were women and children begging in the street while criminals drove around in fancy cars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So I went door-to-door, begging neighbors to buy candy bars.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z What was it about him that made me act like a complete idiot, practically begging him to walk me home even after he lied about following me into CVS? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Maybe she’ll read it and come begging. There’s always hope, right?” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To think the guy whose downfall basically took our respective childhoods with it was begging for change fifteen minutes from my house six years later? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I race this way and that, not sure what to do, until I find myself on the corner begging everyone who passes to borrow their cell phone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As the last of it drizzles over his head, his eyes find mine, begging for more. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This was the kid who had spent entire days at a time begging me to play Chutes and Ladders with him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z McAdams kept begging them to quit shooting at us, but the shells just kept whistling in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss reached over and grabbed Javier’s beanie and he clutched it hard; then he fell over Javier’s body and shook him, begging him to come back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Between gulps, Jean Louise told her shame, omitting nothing, and begging that she not be sent to Mobile, stretched, or thrown against a wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then a new batch of solicitors began begging for admittance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We watched sick men crawling upon the ground, holding out their hands in supplication to Redcoats who scurried past; begging to be lifted and carried. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He shouted it—“Claire!”—into the night, begging her to live. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I loathe admitting I wanted him to pull me into the restroom to make out or send me a text, begging me to come to his party. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A child with no descent line would not soften her life but only trail after her, ghostlike, begging her to give it purpose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Captain Short got through with this Fowl character, he’d be begging her to get out of his manor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I considered going to church, just walking inside and dropping to my knees in front of the cross, and begging for pain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But the noise continued all around: the cries of the wounded men, the cries begging for water and for Mother and for death. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z "No, begging your forgiveness, my lady, but it was Lord Jon who—" A bell tolled loudly below them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You can’t say that,” he says, and it sounds like he’s pleading with me, begging me to say that I am just like him, no better. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was a plan, a whole plan, just begging for Nick to put it into action. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the passengers started to respond to the accusations and rush out to join the other men, their wives pulling on their arms begging them not to go. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Desperate people knocked on our vehicle when we slowed down, begging to get inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I can hear him outside the door, begging for forgiveness, but I can’t think about that now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t care, because in those wartime days such jobs as I could aspire to were going begging. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he’d just got a letter begging him to come home, for Frank was very ill. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z No bull could this be, thought Europa, but most certainly a god; and she spoke pleadingly to him, begging him to pity her and not leave her in some strange place all alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The band was always getting letters from Japanese teenagers begging them to come play, and offering up their homes as crash pads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They are using begging to make big money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help myself, I leaned over Joey and said kind of quiet to By, “I guess you really showed them, didn’t you? Boy, they were really begging you to talk, weren’t they, Daddy-o?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-four needle jabs to my rib cage later, I’m flattened out on my hospital bed, gritting my teeth to keep from begging them to bring back my morphling drip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What instructions? We just point it at the house and get out of the way. I guarantee you those humans will be begging us to come in and rescue them.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I cannot live any longer without begging my parents for forgiveness.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Habib’s anguished face appeared, begging the truck driver to turn back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Some wrathful thing in this boy was begging to get loose, and Rollins didn’t want to be around when it slipped its leash. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It’s none of his business. This is between you and me. Alice, as a friend, I’m begging you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t give me to her,” I find myself begging the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When we got to Hotel Barba and she saw the dead eyes of the people—not even begging to stay alive—she told us, “No. No we won’t do that.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But it did not take her long to realize that he was as insensible to her begging as the colonel would have been, and that they were armored by the same impermeability of affection. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Soon I was begging for those ballet lessons that Mama had promised me in the hotel room in Ghana. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “So let us, the black people, separate ourselves from this white man slavemaster, who despises us so much! You are out here begging him for some so-called ‘integration! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven days of knocking on doors and making calls and begging with store owners and anyone who would listen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Next to her purple hat box is Dad’s small silver safety box with the key in the lock and practically begging me to open it, so I do, when, unexpectedly: What are you doing, Filthy? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I know what these underpants have cost you in waiting, and walking, and begging! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Women with swollen bellies began coming to the house and begging Mother to deliver their babies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We have no way of knowing, and perhaps this piece of human scum, who sits here today begging for mercy, is wise in not telling us. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted those men to die in hell begging for ice water, but I felt mad at Rosaleen, too. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn't some stranger, some bum begging for change. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z "The kitchen scraps are gone, and we'll have no begging after dark." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After my last song, they stand up and cheer and shower me with rose petals and flowers and everyone is begging for my autograph, even the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, young women across the nation were sending Marina thousands of desperate letters begging her to help them go to war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My parents have been begging me to get a fake I.D. for years, but I won’t until I can have one that says ‘Jen Talbot’ and is really mine. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Make her read every page covered with me hoping and wishing and begging like some lovesick puppy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Drinker was begging me to stay down so she could look me over. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z And with all Wang Lung’s pulling and running before his ricksha and with all O-lan’s begging, they never could gain enough to cook rice daily in their own hut. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I ask, ashamed to be begging, but feeling I have no other choice. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In a normal year, I’d be begging and pleading to go in late with a note of excuse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She knows no amount of begging will allow her to escape. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam says ’tis all right for her to be begging at the St.Vincent de Paul Society for a docket for food but he can’t stick a few spuds in his pocket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Mount St. Helens on acid,” she said At 12:30, after two hours of me begging for a ride to McDonald’s, Alaska decided it was time for lunch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The smell of singed flesh fills my nostrils, and I hear myself begging for mercy, then sobbing, then screaming. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He turned to Puli, who had bought some marbles which he was tossing up and down in his begging bowl, being unable to use them in any other way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z By next year, the Music Wingers will be begging us to be in the musical.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When you were a little girl, you used to dream that you were lying among the dead and all the spirits were begging you to scream. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She’s the same person who ran to your apartment when she was eleven with a filthy kitten shoved down the front of her coat, begging you to take it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Thinking that anytime I would be kicked in the face by the white bus driver, I started begging for mercy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I started screaming, forgetting all about my father’s rule, begging for forgiveness from my assailant for whatever wrong I had done. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How else will they be taught that law and order guarantees their children a brighter future than begging, horse dealing, and petty crime? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She gratefully accepted the mistress’s offer and worked so hard that before the week was out the woman was begging her to forget Lowell and stay on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “It must be exceptionally awful to be you today. I bet all the ladies were begging you to protect them from the murderer inside our walls.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Finally, after much begging and whining, Circe got a Negro blacksmith to solder a bit of gold w*re to the box. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In Missoula, Montana, an operator handled calls from customers begging her to connect their phone to family members. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “It was more like, he followed me all the way to La Cocina, begging me to accept a new coffee.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z This is my own mother, begging.This is worse than the dole, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Dispensary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Diego sent me a handful of text messages, at first asking where I was, then begging me to let him know I was all right. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z What about the people she had seen begging? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mingo opened with the story of his journey, the nights he spent begging the Lord for guidance, the long years it took to purchase his family’s freedom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The whole family used to be lined up outside the door screaming in pain and begging Dad to hurry up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The cook with his carroty head is begging us to eat; he beckons with his ladle to every one that passes, and spoons him out a great dollop. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I wander from body to body, begging those I’ve killed for forgiveness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Better save your own life and join me ... or you’ll meet the same end as your parents.... They died begging me for mercy....” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I am begging myself inside of my brain, don’t be stupid, Mason. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Ocean creatures drizzled in sauces or begging to be dipped in spicy concoctions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “What Mistress Owens is trying to say, sir, begging your honor’s pardon,” said Mr. Owens, standing beside her, “is that she dun’t see it that way. She sees it as doing her duty.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I noticed Candy Man sitting alone with his chessboard, begging some of the other guys to sit and play. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s like he’s begging me, Please, cousin, get cool, try a little bit. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He would break put into Orgota and Karhidish all babbled pitifully together, begging me “not to,” and he fought me with a panic strength. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The cold would be torture enough, but the real nightmare is listening to Cato, moaning, begging, and finally just whimpering as the mutts work away at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He wrote letters begging her to reconsider his proposal. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My stomach swirls, and I crack a smile, begging for him to ask me to join him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z For most of my life he’d been begging me to come back, and now it seemed like he couldn’t wait for me to leave. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Shall I never see it again! With all this labor and begging there is never enough to do more than feed us today.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He said that the central air force headquarters had already received more than a hundred letters from young women begging to be admitted to military schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Because I don’t want you going on begging for food, that’s why.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her that was what Enos called them—orphans who did not live in Doctor Korczak’s home, or any other, and who roamed the streets hungry and begging and sick. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I can still hear them begging when I go sit with Brother Khoi, who rarely speaks anymore but I’m happy to be near him. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We received word that a group of children were begging for food. Would that be you kids?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One, every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I leaned over, touching my forehead to his shoulder, begging him to stop. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z After each score Rik put the cash in a bank safe deposit box, and finally, after my constant begging, I was paid. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “You’re all pasty white where your swimsuit covers you up,” she said, her head close to mine and her mouth huge and hollow, and begging for me to stuff hay into it, so I did. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But imagine you’re six and you came home every day crying, begging not to go back to school. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z |
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