pleading

Example Sentences

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And in pleading guilty, Bolton admitted to having committed a crime.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

Others began to protest or write articles pleading that the experiment be saved.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

The 61-year-old has been remanded in custody since pleading guilty last month and is facing a substantial jail term.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

He wrote a letter to Judge Alvin Hellerstein pleading for leniency, arguing that she still had much to contribute to society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

I look at Aunt J, silently pleading with her to tell me that I didn’t do what I think I did.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold