Definition: 1. The event consisting of the start of something. 2. The time at which something is supposed to begin. 3. The first part or section of something. 4. The place where something begins, where it springs into being. 5. The act of starting something.
Use 'beginning' in a sentence:
1. I was beginning to think you'd never come.
2. All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.
3. The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.
4. It was beginning to snow.
5. I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.
6. The streets were beginning to hum with life.
7. The paintwork is beginning to peel.
8. He built up his multimillion-pound music business from small beginnings .
9. She was beginning to feel her age.
10. The full horror of the accident was beginning to become clear.
11. The snow was beginning to melt.
12. More details are now beginning to leak out.
13. It had been a long day and the children were beginning to flag.
14. The wallpaper was beginning to peel.
15. He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
16. The wedding will be at the beginning of March.
17. At the beginning of the war things were looking very doubtful.
18. We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end.
19. Industrial production is beginning to pick up.
20. His shoes were beginning to show signs of wear.
21. This was also the beginning of her recording career.
22. The water in the pan was beginning to bubble.
23. I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy.
24. Could you go back to the beginning of the story?
25. I've read the book from beginning to end.
26. I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to leave.
27. I'm just kicking my heels until the beginning of the term.
28. Young children are beginning their formal education sometimes as early as four years old.
29. Grace was beginning to get his drift.
30. The boat was beginning to sink fast.
31. The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
32. The place is really beginning to hum.
33. She was beginning to breathe more easily.
34. Defeat in this important match was the beginning of the end for us.
35. Think of this as a new beginning.
36. Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.
37. Let's start again from the beginning .
38. From the very beginning I knew that he was not much of anything.
39. Her legs were beginning to tire.
40. The marble floor was beginning to chill me.
41. The first signs of a split were beginning to show.
42. The daffodils are just beginning to come up.
43. We're going to Japan at the beginning of July.
44. The recession is beginning to bite.
45. The economy is beginning to revive.
46. Her figure is beginning to round out.
47. Ideas were beginning to gel in my mind.
48. Children should form good habits from the very beginning.
49. Let's start again from the beginning.
50. The cheese was beginning to sweat.
51. He's beginning to feel his feet now that he's been working here over a month.
52. I had the beginnings of a headache.
53. Her sight is beginning to go.
54. At last things were beginning to look up.
55. At the beginning of the new term , all the students conscientiously obeyed the rules of the school.
56. Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages.
57. His views come from his own humble beginnings.
58. Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
59. He is beginning his fourth consecutive term of office.
60. Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?
61. Doubts were beginning to cloud my mind.
62. The job was beginning to make unreasonable demands on his free time.
63. We missed the beginning of the movie.
64. The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.
65. After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless.
66. The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
67. People are beginning to question the old dogmas.
68. The strain was beginning to tell on the rescue team.
69. She's beginning to withdraw into herself.
70. The government has cut interest rates with effect from the beginning of next month.
71. The people that she had in her classroom were beginning learners.
72. She could feel her skin beginning to roast.
73. His skin was beginning to blister.
74. The pressure of work is beginning to get to him.
75. The economy is at last beginning to recover.
76. The project is beginning to show results.
77. The cracks in the government's economic policy are already beginning to show.
78. It's too late to go to the football match now; besides, it's beginning to rain.
79. She's been working there since the beginning of last summer.
