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Example Sentences

Noun I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar! the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries Verb Years of civil war had beggared the country.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The crowd includes a businessman, a construction worker, a mother and child, a beggar crouched with a cup and a young man passing him change.

Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 The last symbol a dim garden over-run With Roman beggar-ticks.

Sarah Blackwood, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022 Another word for a beggar is a ‘panhandler,’ although both terms are vaguely offensive.

Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021 By situating—or isolating—words, phrases, and sentences in unexpected ways, Jacob gives a surprising weight and importance to a key, a ragpicker, a group of smiling men, three mushrooms, or a Neapolitan beggar.

Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021 Lakshmi did not come to San Antonio, so Torres brought a taste of the city to the show, cooking a popular dish from Mixtli’s wide-ranging Mexican repertoire: green chile pork in a corn-flour beggar’s purse.

Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 June 2020 But their games last night devolved into dissertations on solo play while the other starters hung around the 3-point line like beggars hoping to cadge quarters from the stars.

Michael Powell, New York Times, 15 May 2018 The next sticky seed source that will show up is beggar’s lice.

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 In 1924, David-Néel disguised herself as a beggar and made her way to the holy city of Lhasa, which at the time, was forbidden to foreigners. Born in 1868, David-Néel’s adventurous spirit was unheard of for a woman.

Mélissa Godin, Time, 28 Feb. 2020

Verb

Iraq entered a long, grueling period of international sanctions that beggared its once robust middle class.

New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019 This, given the popularity of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, beggars belief.

Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019 His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season.

SI.com, 12 June 2019 Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief.

John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018 To imagine that a country with an economy smaller than Canada’s or Italy’s could leverage a superpower ten times wealthier beggared the imagination.

Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 May 2018 And both seek a way out, though nothing could be less virtual, or more beggared of thrills, than the path that Charley chooses.

Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018 The prescience of this story, intended as satire in the mid-’70s and all too real in 2018 America, beggars belief.

Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018 Cousins was having his best season as a pro, putting up stat lines that beggared belief, fusing brilliantly with fellow All-Star big man Anthony Davis, and likely leading the Pelicans to a playoff berth.

Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English beggere, beggare, from beggen "to beg entry 1" + -ere, -are -er entry 2

Verb

Middle English beggeren, verbal derivative of beggere beggar entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	beggaring
释义	beggar 1 of 2 noun beg·gar ˈbe-gər 1 : one that begs (see beg entry 1 sense 1) especially : a person who lives by asking for gifts 2 : pauper … this system only created beggars, completely dependent on outside help … Darcy Ribeiro 3 : fellow sense 4c an unlucky beggar beggar 2 of 2 verb beggared; beggaring ˈbe-gə-riŋ transitive verb 1 : to reduce to poverty or the practice of asking for charity : to reduce to beggary 2 : to exceed the resources or abilities of : defy beggars description so outrageous as to beggar belief Synonyms Noun mendicant panhandler See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar! the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries Verb Years of civil war had beggared the country. Recent Examples on the Web Noun The crowd includes a businessman, a construction worker, a mother and child, a beggar crouched with a cup and a young man passing him change. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 The last symbol a dim garden over-run With Roman beggar-ticks. Sarah Blackwood, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022 Another word for a beggar is a ‘panhandler,’ although both terms are vaguely offensive. Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021 By situating—or isolating—words, phrases, and sentences in unexpected ways, Jacob gives a surprising weight and importance to a key, a ragpicker, a group of smiling men, three mushrooms, or a Neapolitan beggar. Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021 Lakshmi did not come to San Antonio, so Torres brought a taste of the city to the show, cooking a popular dish from Mixtli’s wide-ranging Mexican repertoire: green chile pork in a corn-flour beggar’s purse. Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 June 2020 But their games last night devolved into dissertations on solo play while the other starters hung around the 3-point line like beggars hoping to cadge quarters from the stars. Michael Powell, New York Times, 15 May 2018 The next sticky seed source that will show up is beggar’s lice. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 In 1924, David-Néel disguised herself as a beggar and made her way to the holy city of Lhasa, which at the time, was forbidden to foreigners. Born in 1868, David-Néel’s adventurous spirit was unheard of for a woman. Mélissa Godin, Time, 28 Feb. 2020 Verb Iraq entered a long, grueling period of international sanctions that beggared its once robust middle class. New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019 This, given the popularity of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, beggars belief. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019 His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season. SI.com, 12 June 2019 Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief. John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018 To imagine that a country with an economy smaller than Canada’s or Italy’s could leverage a superpower ten times wealthier beggared the imagination. Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 May 2018 And both seek a way out, though nothing could be less virtual, or more beggared of thrills, than the path that Charley chooses. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018 The prescience of this story, intended as satire in the mid-’70s and all too real in 2018 America, beggars belief. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018 Cousins was having his best season as a pro, putting up stat lines that beggared belief, fusing brilliantly with fellow All-Star big man Anthony Davis, and likely leading the Pelicans to a playoff berth. Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English beggere, beggare, from beggen "to beg entry 1" + -ere, -are -er entry 2 Verb Middle English beggeren, verbal derivative of beggere beggar entry 1 First Known Use Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing beggar beggar belief beggar description beggar's-lice beggar-my-neighbour beggar-ticks beggar-thy-neighbor beggar's-ticks beggar-lice beggar belief beggar description beggar's-lice beggar-my-neighbour beggar-ticks beggar-thy-neighbor beggar's-ticks beggar-lice See More Kids Definition beggar noun beg·gar ˈbe-gər : a person who lives by begging beggaring verb present participle of beggar as in impoverishing Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance impoverishing pauperizing bankrupting ruining reducing busting breaking straitening wiping out cleaning (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms enriching richening
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beggar

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