pleading in English

noun
1
the action of making an emotional or earnest appeal to someone.
he ignored her pleading
2
a formal statement of the cause of an action or defense.
There are many allegations made in the pleadings against the defendants but the matter which came before me to decide was a narrow one.
verb
1
make an emotional appeal.
they pleaded with Carol to come home again
2
present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context.
using cheap melodrama to plead the case for three prisoners

Use "pleading" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "pleading" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pleading", or refer to the context using the word "pleading" in the English Dictionary.

1. Tenderly pleading today:

2. His pleading melted her.

3. Chad was begging and pleading.

4. He simply ignored Sid's pleading.

5. — Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required, other than those as to the amount of damage, are admitted when not denied in the responsive pleading

6. 2 synonyms for Beseeching: imploring, pleading

7. He was most unctuous and pleading.

8. – Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required, other than those as to the amount of damage, are admitted when not denied in the responsive pleading

9. Her voice was soft and pleading.

10. She was almost pleading with him.

11. Pleading and Practice Forms, Affidavits § 141

12. She stayed home from work, pleading illness.

13. Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided

14. Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided

15. Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided

16. Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided

17. Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided.

18. She avoided jail by pleading self-defence.

19. To aver is to allege in a pleading.

20. Averment in United States Averment Definition In pleading

21. (b) Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required are admitted when not denied specifically or by necessary implication

22. There was the captain curtly pleading as before.

23. Meanwhile, Fokker employees are out pleading their cause.

24. PLEADING IN THE ALTERNATIVE, NEVER A SIGN OF STRENGTH.

25. She had left the party early, pleading a headache.

26. He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy.

27. Criminal proceedings start when the Accusatory Pleading is filed

28. He seems to relent a moment at their pleading.

29. Regional officials have come to Washington, pleading for assistance.

30. He was on his knees, pleading for mercy/forgiveness.

31. She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.

32. Alderwoman Boyd is now pleading to City Hall, the St

33. He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud.

34. Averment The allegation of facts or claims in a Pleading

35. Your child might test your resolve with whining or pleading.

36. Averment The allegation of facts or claims in a Pleading

37. I almost do not hear the women pleading behind the partition.

38. She got what she wanted by dint of pleading and threatening.

39. This man is saying, in effect, “Our whole family is pleading.

40. Now that they threaten themselves, the farmers are pleading for action.

41. Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.

42. Muir wrote to President Roosevelt pleading for him to scuttle the project.

43. In June 1840, Brother Phelps wrote to Joseph Smith, pleading for forgiveness.

44. Their speeches had a pitiful, pleading quality about them, exacerbating the problem.

45. Pleading ignorance of the law won't help you if you are caught.

46. I had thought it impolitic to smoke a cigar while pleading poverty.

47. He apologized for not coming to the party , pleading pressure of work.

48. I am here pleading for the orientation into which Absolutisms do not fit

49. Any Counterclaim may be asserted in a responsive pleading or a separate action

50. He had been pleading with God to show him wisdom, insight, and truth.