Verb (used without object) : to plead for time. ,She pleaded with him not to take the job. ,His youth pleads for him. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to plead ignorance. ,to plead a statute of limitations. From Dictionary.com.
Judge Carol Amon in pleading guilty to mail fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Statistics on the Prisoner of War issue] Reference
Special pleading is not a very persuasive argument. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Some pleading is required before Elak will return to Atlantis. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Prose Fiction: Elak - Elak Of Atlantis] Reference
Dickinson State softball teammates made cell phone calls pleading for help. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
My plea to attention is, that in pleading for myself I am able to plead for all these others. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill] Reference
Kleist's word for pleading is bitten, which is etymologically related to both betteln and Bett. From Wordnik.com. [Reading, Begging, Paul de Man] Reference
My favorite moment was when she was pleading from the other room for Serena to help with her hair. From Wordnik.com. ['Gossip Girl' recap: Serena gets a taste of showbiz | EW.com] Reference
"Oh, H.O.!" said Alice, in pleading tones, "not if I give you a halfpenny to go and buy bulls-eyes with?". From Wordnik.com. [New Treasure Seekers] Reference
St. Mary's was spared after nearby business and community groups joined parishioners in pleading its case. From Wordnik.com. [Pope's visit excites lay people, but doesn't erase issues] Reference
Labour could not win a fourth term pleading a bland, managerial competence if the economy was doing fairly well. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
Confused thinking, poor writing and political special pleading: is it any wonder no one pays attention to the MLA?. From Wordnik.com. [September 2005] Reference
After a lot of pleading from the United States, they did reduce his whipping from six strokes with the bamboo stick from six to four. From Wordnik.com. [Five Things That Should Be Remembered About May 5 | myFiveBest] Reference
Dave Hunt recalls pleading with you to keep it going. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Journalists’ special pleading is one reason we are so unpopular. From Wordnik.com. [Who Owns the First Amendment?] Reference
Rather, he’s pleading from a place that neither commands respect nor induces loyalty. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Righting the Course] Reference
He recalled pleading with the police ranks not to enter "our sacred chambers," but to no avail. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
Mr. Hardin and Mr. Tudor are the 13th and 14th people to be identified as pleading guilty in the criminal case. From Wordnik.com. [Financial Briefing Book: Nov. 13-14] Reference
Ms. Fournier's chilling 911 call pleading with police to hurry to the rented home was played in court late Monday. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Hearing the story, Gordon began to recall pleading with his father and his girlfriend's murderer not to send him to prison. From Wordnik.com. [Memory] Reference
A kind of pleading in his almond-shaped brown eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Quickie]
But there was something in Minck's eyes, a kind of pleading, that caught him. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
I recall pleading with the emergency room doctor: "I can't have two broken legs. From Wordnik.com. [Oh Unlucky Day!] Reference
There is a kind of pleading motif (8: 37-8: 47), a soft echo effect (9: 25), an angular theme at 9: 41. From Wordnik.com. ["Dark Star" as an Example of Transcendental Aesthetics] Reference
In his own cold blue eyes there was a kind of pleading, reasoning light. From Wordnik.com. [The Europeans] Reference
It's OK to ignore some types of behavior, such as pleading for a toy at the department store. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
It astonished Jim to hear him talk so, and he broke in and says, kind of pleading and distressed. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Sawyer Abroad] Reference
He does not advocate long prayers, nor this kind of pleading, begging prayers that I have referred to. From Wordnik.com. [Our Unitarian Gospel] Reference
Monbiot wanted to add his voice to those "pleading" with Canada's hard-right minority government to change its ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
And, if the 'special retainer' from Popilius Lænas is somewhat of the doubtfullest, so is the 'pleading' on the part of. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2] Reference
I think that the combination of their happy little temperament and that "pleading" sweet look is why they're such a popular dog. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Another Nordelph resident said the male victim was '' pleading '' with the gunman as he opened fire at around 11. 30am yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Re "Don't kill NAFTA, Canadians plead" (Nov. 6): What Canadians other than Stockwell Day are "pleading" for NAFTA not to be killed. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
Obama administration is "pleading" with Congress to give military personnel a much smaller increase in pay than lawmakers have proposed. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
She makes a desperate 911 call pleading for help. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006] Reference
Amid all the bloodlust, animal activists and bird lovers are pleading for a little perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Even to Friends, The Goose Is Cooked] Reference
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