pleading

Example Sentences

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They were each fined £50 after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The ringleader ended up pleading guilty and being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison; the other three received sentences ranging from 18 months to five years.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Sun was sentenced in February to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in October 2025 to one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“Silent Friend” is a film not of environmentalist pleading but of ecological profundity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I understood now why Edward had been pleading.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien