How to Use pleading in a Sentence

pleading

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  • 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
  • In Friday’s pleading, that data was swapped out for the fact that the current group of Power Five commissioners are making in excess of $2.5 million annually.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
  • Despite that, late last week the university filed separate motions to dismiss the lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction, for partial summary judgment and for judgment on the pleadings.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 July 2024

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