pleading

Example Sentences

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Ahmed's son is heard pleading with them for more time, but they are told it must be done soon.

From BBC

But when I got to college and fell madly in love for the first time, I was primed for the Kate Bush version of “Wuthering Heights,” an avant-garde musical number, all shrieks and pleading.

From Los Angeles Times

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released several videos on social media pleading for their mother's release.

From BBC

I was on my knees on the floor, with my hands clenched and lifted up to him, the way people look in pictures when they’re pleading for mercy.

From Literature

Yaoning Sun, 65, of Chino Hills, was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in October to one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.

From Los Angeles Times