pleading

Example Sentences

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“She’s accepted responsibility today for what she did by pleading guilty. She’s now a felon. So you know, we’re not trying to do anything to dance away from that.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

But collectively, they have flooded Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube with videos of pitiful-looking animals - mostly dogs and cats, but even rabbits – with commentary pleading for donations to shelter, feed and treat them.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

That would be a boon for theaters, which are struggling with a roughly one-third drop in attendance since before the pandemic and have been pleading with Hollywood for more major releases to draw audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In Florida, a viral video shows a woman, overwhelmed with emotion, pleading with an immigration judge to free her terminally ill father from ICE detention.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

If I didn't know any better, I'd have said she was almost pleading.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda