lenient

Example Sentences

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Airlines might be more lenient when processing flight changes right now, but passengers shouldn’t expect a cash refund just because they were stuck at a security checkpoint.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

“Parents could be assumed to sympathize with the plaintiff’s mother, but they may also be quicker to perceive lenient parenting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

To the contrary, she said that agents merely required “reasonable suspicion,” a much more lenient standard.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026

Communications from March 2019, four months before Epstein's arrest, show Ruemmler advising him on how to push back against media scrutiny that his 2008 plea deal was too lenient.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

A certain Mr. Beaverbrook often talks on the English radio about what he considers to be the far too lenient bombardment of Germany.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank