be lenient

Example Sentences

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It "absolutely makes sense" to be lenient with migration rules when firms face staff shortages, the former chief economist of the Bank of England says.

From BBC • May 22, 2023

When the team goal is in sight, players sometimes urge Penn to be lenient on the more objective categories like out-of-area rebounding or 50-50 balls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Kay’s middle child, 20-year-old Carter, said during the sentencing hearing that his father “wouldn’t do something bad willingly” and urged the judge to be lenient.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

In the case of Mr. Oudomsine, the Pokemon card purchaser, his lawyers argued in March that a judge should be lenient in deciding his sentence because the fraud had taken hardly any time at all.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

The judges of the dead wouldn’t be lenient to her a second time.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan