How to Use begin in a Sentence

begin

verb
Definition of beginnext
Synonyms for beginnext
  • The university began accepting applications in November.
  • As the plane begins to fill up, luggage storage tends to get a bit trickier.
    — Emily Cappiello, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
  • As the sit-ins, teach-ins and die-ins continued, however, that began to change.
    — Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
  • Yamamoto is continuing to progress from his shoulder injury and scheduled to begin throwing bullpen sessions at the end of next week.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
  • Crochet, who began his career as a reliever before switching to the rotation this season, has already exceeded his season high for innings.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
  • The walk starts at 9 a.m. and check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And to think, when the game and series began with the highest of Kershaw hopes.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Ready to add new color to your walls but don't know where to begin?
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
  • When starting with a low dose, begin with just a small amount of delta 8 THC.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The finale begins in the past, with the team arriving back at camp with Javi's frozen corpse.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
  • The filling and topping will begin to break down over time.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 July 2023
  • The plot begins when Alexander the Great takes over the country of Sidon and wants to find a local person to run it.
    — James Bash | , oregonlive, 28 July 2023
  • And that’s where the real fun begins, Cuban told The Washington Post.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • At the same time, fashion was beginning to ditch the parasol in favor of a sun-baked look.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 22 June 2024
  • The proceedings will take place over the course of three days, beginning on Tuesday.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Add the mussels, cover the pot, and cook until the mussels just begin to open, 4–5 minutes.
    — Brooke Dojny, Saveur, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The ad begins with a shot of a daughter on her phone, as her father watches a sports game on the television.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2024
  • If the skin begins to darken too much, tent the turkey loosely with aluminum foil.
    — Sean Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The eruption began at 10:17 p.m. local time on Monday, the Met Office said.
    — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Facts and claims begin to trickle out and are reported as such.
    — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The protests began in the wake of a separate explosion at Gaza’s oldest church.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Other stores, such as Walmart, have begun doing the same.
    — The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Garland added that once the protest began, the store manager called the police and moved the event to the second floor of the shop, called Teatotaller, away from the demonstrators.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • The Luke Fickell Era begins (not counting last season's bowl game)!
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Night Swim has begun its run in theaters with $1.5 million in previews.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Winds as high as 60 mph are expected through the overnight in Hawaii, then will begin to diminish through the day on Wednesday.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The day begins with a positive trine between the Moon in Virgo and Jupiter in Taurus, showing us how to let our lights shine.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Teams stop approaching the Aztecs with as much fear, and maybe the Aztecs themselves begin losing that air of dominance.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But the Celtics have been better on the road than at home during these playoffs, and with a bad start, the crowd’s nervous energy will begin to seep in.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • But many Democrats have begun to doubt that assumption as the June 27 debate has surfaced new alarm about Biden’s age and abilities.
    — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 16 July 2024

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