- present participle of plead.
pleading
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Footage shared widely online shows them surrounded and repeatedly pleading to be allowed to leave.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Throughout the crisis, Kiritsis made live calls to Fred Heckman, a local AM radio news broadcaster, pleading to listeners for the justice he believed he was due.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then she saw the video of him pleading with the police when they first accused him of the break-in.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Two years ago, in Buffalo, I gathered alongside a sizable crowd in a public park, all of us audibly pleading with nature as the eclipse arrived only to be muted by cloud cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
I asked, trying not to seem like I was pleading.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
He expects to see more pleadings for exemptions from state housing laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
But those pleadings, often couched in apocalyptic tones, have fallen flat.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
But a spokesperson for Bally Sports ignored my pleadings about whether The International Sportsman had ever aired.
From Slate ● May 29, 2024
They were likewise rejected by a state court after a judge found their pleadings largely “legally incoherent despite a heavy larding of pseudo-legal rhetoric.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
Now that Walter's case record was complete, appeal pleadings would be due soon, and time was critical.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
