pleader

Example Sentences

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An Alford plea is a unique plea that allows the pleader to maintain his innocence while conceding that the state had sufficient evidence to prove his guilt.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2023

The frontman, Sam Cook-Parrott, is an effective pleader, and unafraid of letting his anguish show: “I’m feeling sick and tired/in new and frightening ways.”

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2017

It’s the singer — the pleader, the testifier — James Brown.

From Time • Jul. 30, 2014

Dodd's palpable masterpiece of terror shadows the desperate job hunter on his grim rounds as he shrinks from breadwinner to abject pleader.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’m no pleader or whiner, but I found myself making those sounds at Big Ma in Korvettes department store on school shopping day.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia