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'begin' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'begin' with 20 example sentences.


begin verb

: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

: set in motion, cause to start

: begin to speak or say

: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series

: have a beginning, of a temporal event

: have a beginning characterized in some specified way

: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language


  • Tomorrow a new year will begin.
  • Suddenly, a dog began to bark.
  • He is beginning to get on my nerves.
  • The water began to boil.
  • I'm beginning to understand.
  • In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.
  • The audience began to laugh.
  • Baseball season hasn't begun yet.
  • We'd better go inside before it begins to rain.
  • To make matters worse, it began to rain.
  • The meeting will begin in five minutes.
  • I'm beginning to lose my patience.
  • Now let's begin the game.
  • When did the unusual discharge begin?
  • The academic year began in September.
  • When education ends, learning begins.
  • Tell us the story from beginning to end.
  • I think that we're just beginning to understand the problem.
  • School begins the day after tomorrow.
  • The game begins at 2:30.
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