leniently

Example Sentences

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The son of a well-to-do Hartford, Conn., jeweler, Church was leniently permitted by his father to pursue his artistic vocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Those litigants generally have been treated leniently by judges who recognize their inexperience; they seldom are fined, though their cases may be dismissed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Will the judges in London refuse to release him to U.S. authorities, leery of this 100-plus-year-old law and the possibility that a judge today might act less leniently than Ellis?

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2024

For example, when the city of Isfahan, in Persia, surrendered peacefully, he treated the residents leniently.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

She did not wish to judge her friend—or rather she did judge her, and very leniently.

From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc