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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

He had rebuffed every overture to cut a deal, to plead, to inform on codefendants in exchange for lenience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

THE scholar was surprised that Don Quixote permitted his servant to talk to him in this way, but ascribed his lenience to the good mood he was in.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence