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Example sentences for: pleading

How can you use “pleading” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The lawyer, Beth Eastern, is clearly more than a hired gun: She seems to be pleading as much for her own life as for her client's.
It's a cute joke, but the cockiness and special pleading remind us how things have changed: In 1957, the Sharks' and Jets' cool was parodic and laughable; in the '96 version, these gangs are cool for real.
5), Lisa-Marie Presley is "desperately pleading" with ex-husband Michael Jackson to get back together, says the Enquirer . "I'll treat his two adorable kids as my own," Lisa-Marie is quoted as saying, in the unmistakably stilted syntax of tabloidese.
As I tuned to another station, the reporter was still pleading with Borge to keep his pants on.
Today the area is better known for the merry-makers who swarm its bars late into the night and spill out onto the streets; disgruntled residents hang signs from their windows pleading with the municipal government to impose quiet hours.