BEGAN in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of BEGAN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
began
 v.  past tense of BEGIN
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  And now my wanderings began which are to cease but with life.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  "I've got something to tell you, old sport,----" began Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  He began to rock again and Michaelis stood twisting the leash in his hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
5  It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  In a moment more the crowd began to gush forth from the doors of the church.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
7  And then to turn the discourse, she began admiring the house and the furniture.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
8  Elinor now began to make the tea, and Marianne was obliged to appear again.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
9  Mr. Wopsle hesitated, and we all began to conceive rather a poor opinion of him.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
10  I acknowledged his attention incoherently, and began to think this was a dream.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXI
11  I wavered again, and began to think here were greater expectations than my own.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
12  Mrs. Coiler then changed the subject and began to flatter me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
13  Then they both laughed, and began cracking nuts, and spitting the shells about.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
14  Shortly afterwards, his mouth began to widen again.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
15  I began explaining to her that secret history of the partnership.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
Example Sentence: (155 in 11 pages)
16  He stood up and began to move around the room.
17  After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
18  At last the guests began to arrive.
19  A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post.
20  Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
21  When it got to midnight and Paul was still not back, I began to assume the worst.
22  The enemy troops moved in on the city and began to attack at dawn.
23  She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
24  The audience began clapping and cheering.
25  Thereupon the whole audience began cheering.
26  Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush.
27  Toward the end of the afternoon it began to rain.
28  When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate.
29  The augmentation of the army began along traditional lines.
30  I had to take an aptitude test before I began training as a nurse.