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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost beg" is not correct or standard usage in written English
You could use "implore" or "beseech" instead, which are more formal words. For example, "I implored him to go out for dinner with me."
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Sweden's Gustav Ejstes and his psychedelic-rock band, Dungen, almost beg to be described as hippies.
By Sasha Frere-Jones Sweden's Gustav Ejstes and his psychedelic-rock band, Dungen, almost beg to be described as hippies.
"She was put under a lot of pressure and it sometimes felt like she had to almost beg, even plead, to write a song the way she wanted".
(Board book; ages 1 to 4) Another hit from last year, well suited to board-book format, though Marc Brown's collages, with their evocation of ridged cardboard, almost beg to be three-dimensional.
Flipping through, it is easy to see how Pollan and Kalman were a natural pairing; the rules almost beg to be splashed across a tote bag, an apron, or a poster.
And as seen from the window of a Brooklyn Heights apartment with a sweeping view of the harbor, these ghost ships, as they almost beg to be called, are a haunting, almost mystical sight.
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