How to Use lenient in a Sentence

lenient

adjective

• Many people felt that the punishment was too lenient.
• Her lawyers hope that her plea will make the court more lenient.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2022
• Counties are allowed to adopt rules that are stricter than the state’s, but not more lenient.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Just as the Grammys are being too lenient, this is too strict.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2022
• But again, given the high-profile nature of the case, a judge may not have been been so lenient as to accept the plea.
  — Natalie Hope McDonald, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
• The outcome might be the proverbial slap on the wrist by the usually lenient Michigan Supreme Court.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
• But Democrats groused that Mr. Snyder wasn’t indicted and that the charges against the others were too lenient.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
• If you have been betrayed by a spouse, though, the new system may seem lenient on the offender.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2021
• Some state agencies and schools have been more lenient, giving large swaths of their workforce a pass.
  — oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2021
• The trial draws to a close, and while Kelly is found guilty, a very lenient judge only sentences her to five years in prison.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
• The new bill, which takes effect May 1, will make Utah one of the most lenient states toward unlicensed child care.
  — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2024
• One of the people running for Chief Justice wanted to be more lenient.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022
• Foglesong also noted that the old system may have been too lenient.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 May 2023
• Other parents have told Payne that the teachers are not lenient with students who ask to go to the bathroom.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• Wong, Mo and Tai are among those who pleaded guilty, hoping for a more lenient sentence.
  — Brittyn Clennett, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2023
• Those in the sport are split about the resulting fine and punishment, with Mercedes landing on the side of too lenient.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2022
• In Iowa has taken a more lenient approach to non-lawyers, who provide their clients guidance with the CTA.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• Was the first adjudicator wrong, or was the judge too lenient?
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Both are factors that could prompt the judge to be lenient in sentencing, Cohen said.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
• Balwani was convicted on all 12 felony counts, and his lawyers sought a far more lenient sentence of just four to 10 months in prison.
  — Michael Liedtke, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• Both have been vocal about easing mask mandates to be as lenient as the state allows.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
• Her lawyer Maria Blagovolina, said last week the legal team would ask the judge for a lenient sentence based on Griner’s guilty plea.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
• Holmes faces up to 20 years in prison, though she is expected to receive a much more lenient sentence.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
• For 40 years, Colorado had some of the nation’s most lenient rules for funeral homes.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
• Right now, the southern part of the state — Fairfield, New Haven and Middlesex counties — doesn’t even meet the more lenient 2008 standards.
  — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2024
• With more people working from home, guests may be more lenient with their schedules.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 July 2024
• Landlords were lenient about rent payments during the first two years of the pandemic.
  — Mae Anderson, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• The district's standards are more lenient than last year, when a single case would close a classroom and three cases would close a school.
  — Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2021
• But taxes are also more lenient in Michigan, allowing dispensaries to charge much less and drive up demand from consumers.
  — Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
• Moderator Whoopi Goldberg took a more lenient approach.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024