How to Use pleading in a Sentence

pleading

noun

• I'm tired of their begging and pleading.
• Despite our pleadings to be allowed to leave, they kept us there for several more hours.
• And then there are the gunshots, the screams, the pleading.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• His low voice, his pleading, wouldn’t have reached me from the front door.
  — Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• That’s when the oohing and aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
  — Cary Darling, kansascity.com, 16 June 2017
• That's when the oohing-and-aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
  — Cary Darling, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
• That’s when the oohing-and-aahing quickly turns to panic and pleading.
  — Cary Darling, idahostatesman, 15 June 2017
• The court should wait until the close of pleadings and the legal question can be briefed.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
• Less than a week ago, Hartman was in court pleading to go home.
  — CBS News, 31 Jan. 2018
• This was specific enough for this stage of the pleading.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• Despite Lewis’s pleading, the worker on the other end of the line said the clinic wouldn’t do it.
  — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
• The pieces on display for the next five months are an answer to the pleadings of die-hard fans who, for years, have wanted to see the best-of-the-best.
  — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2019
• The pleading filed on Friday asks for the Arizona Supreme Court to take up the matter within five days.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
• That brief pleading and the request for a change of venue came among a host of motions filed by Mosby’s defense.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
• Sorokin has called on the defense team to file all legal pleadings by Wednesday.
  — Milton J. Valencia, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• The 60 days does not begin to run until and unless the pleading contains a cause of action that falls within the Scope of the Act (§ 2).
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The fog, the crickets, the pleading eyes, the bridge—absolute perfection.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 10 May 2017
• The trash talking, the pleading with the referees, the boom-or-bust potential for big plays and big mistakes, it’s all there with Rivers.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2020
• None of Moira’s pleading gets through until Moira lies and says that Janine will be back at the outpost where her non-profit has set up near the docks.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• But the sides reached an agreement in December to settle the complaints out of court, and each agreed to dismiss the claims, according to the pleadings.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 10 June 2019
• In a pleading filed June 5, Woods’ legal team had asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit against him and prevent it from ever being re-filed.
  — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 June 2019
• His arguments failed to land, and, Ian told me, the prosecutor later called to float the idea of Oakley’s pleading to forty years.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Neither my pleading nor Brown’s death could stir the government to action.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
• The question of whether pleading is enough is at the heart of what the government and private businesses do next in the effort against the pandemic.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2021
• Court pleadings show that Bredow agreed months ago to the vaccinations.
  — John Wisely, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017
• Within the past month, lawyers for Gallagher and the diocese have outlined their positions in pleadings.
  — Marc Freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 June 2018
• According to the pleadings, Kelly fired his weapon at least twice, both shots striking Johnson in the torso.
  — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
• Zunino spread his hands in a pleading motion, and Santana did the same while shaking his head in disbelief.
  — Mike Berardino, Twin Cities, 14 June 2017
• Charlotte could read the desperate pleading in Marlene’s eyes, fixed on her now, from behind the dark lenses.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• Instead of reaching for the highest high notes, his voice simply goes where it’s needed, without any pleading, or struggle, or strain.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024