PLEAD in a Sentence
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117 example sentences for PLEAD, such as:
1. He had a good lawyer to plead his case.
2. He advised his client to plead insanity.
3. She'd hurry to her room and plead a headache.
4. He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
5. She pleaded guilty to carrying an offensive weapon.
2. He advised his client to plead insanity.
3. She'd hurry to her room and plead a headache.
4. He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
5. She pleaded guilty to carrying an offensive weapon.
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Meanings and Examples of PLEAD
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plead
v. appeal or request earnestly
v. make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
Classic Sentence: (99 in 7 pages)
1 Usually she made them beg and plead, while she put them off, refusing to give a Yes or No answer, laughing if they sulked, growing cool if they became angry.
2 She'd hurry to her room and plead a headache.
3 Though her voice was toneless, it plead more loudly than words.
4 She leaned confidently toward her father: he seldom refused her anything, and Mrs. Bart had taught her to plead with him when her own entreaties failed.
5 In vain the frightened Tamoszius would attempt to speak, to plead the limitations of the flesh; in vain would the puffing and breathless ponas Jokubas insist, in vain would Teta Elzbieta implore.
6 It was utterly useless to caution them and plead with them; quite without knowing it, they were taking on the tone of their new environment.
7 Poor Elzbieta was ashamed of herself for having told so woeful a tale, and the other had to beg and plead with her to get her to go on.
8 When he overtook the tall soldier he began to plead with all the words he could find.
9 When about to be sent to the same market, an older sister went to the shambles, to plead with the wretch who owned them, for the love of God, to spare his victims.
10 Sometimes she struggled with her tears, but when she was desired to plead, she collected her powers and spoke in an audible although variable voice.
11 Her mother, while Pearl was yet an infant, grew acquainted with a certain peculiar look, that warned her when it would be labour thrown away to insist, persuade or plead.
12 He absolutely trembled and turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself in utterance of these horrible matters, and plead his own consent for so doing, without his having fairly given it.
13 He could only plead an ignorance of his own heart, and a mistaken confidence in the force of his engagement.
14 Now Connie would sometimes plead a headache as an excuse for going up to her room after dinner.
15 She began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 The woman charged with murder was said to be mad and unfit to plead.
2 He advised his client to plead insanity.
3 He had a good lawyer to plead his case.
4 They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation.
5 Now, she may file for divorce, and all she must plead is that the marriage has broken down.
6 On the Internet, The media outlet has published a video purporting to show Wang pleading for leniency during a 2016 trial.
7 The Secretary of State has given in to special pleading.
8 He pleaded with his parents for a more understanding attitude.
9 She pleaded guilty to carrying an offensive weapon.
10 He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
11 In justification of his conduct, he pleaded that he was merely obeying orders.
12 She begged and pleaded with them until they finally agreed.
13 The study excluded cases in which defendants pleaded guilty or no contest, and it did not involve new interviews with defendants.
14 The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home.
15 He immediately pleaded guilty, but broke down and wept as the presiding judge, Justice Michael Scott, donned a ceremonial black cap to order his execution by hanging.