be lenient
Example Sentences
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If referees are going to be lenient in the opening exchanges, and I detect more officials are giving players a little latitude, it should not be for deliberate or premeditated offences.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
When the team goal is in sight, players sometimes urge Penn to be lenient on the more objective categories like out-of-area rebounding or 50-50 balls.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Kay’s middle child, 20-year-old Carter, said during the sentencing hearing that his father “wouldn’t do something bad willingly” and urged the judge to be lenient.
From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022
Lebanon's banking association urged authorities on Thursday to hold accountable those engaging in "verbal and physical attacks" on banks and said lenders themselves would not be lenient.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022
But my mother would tell me that people are flawed and I should be lenient with them.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
