lenience

Example Sentences

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"It's difficult with professors who themselves have busy schedules, trying to say, 'oh, can I have a 20-minute lenience window?' It's quite embarrassing."

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

Tara worked for Community United; many linebreakers probably did, feeling protected by the consortium’s comparative lenience.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

Her lawyers say they hope such testimony will bring lenience from the judge, who they say under Russian law has leeway to consider mitigating factors.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

While asking for lenience, Mr. Avenatti’s lawyers cited his history of championing “the voiceless and powerless.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

She referred not only to Katherine's lenience of spirit toward Leslie Cairns, but to her proposed thoughtful disposal of the fruit and flowers.

From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Lester, Pauline