pleading

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

O'Donnell has since been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to possession of criminal property.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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

"We're basically pleading with our policy makers and our elected representatives in our government to allow us to do our jobs," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“You, Jam, begging for the life of a monster, pleading a plea to the hunter.”

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi