How to use plea in a sentence

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• She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.From the entry dead
• The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.From the entry pathetic
• If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.From the entry not guilty
• Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.From the entry shut
• The defendant has put in a plea of not guilty.From the entry put in
• The defendant is concluded by his own plea.From the entry conclude
• Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.From the entry howsoever
• The court almost certainly knows your answer to this already, but, for the record, do you plea guilty or not guilty?From the entry for the record
• The phoniness of his plea could not be concealed.From the entry phoniness
• She hardened her heart against his inevitable pleas.From the entry harden someone's heart
• He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.From the entry cohort
• The plea in court must avail.From the entry avail
• His administration’s blunt rebuff of a plea by his ally and Michigan’s Democratic Gov.2021 April 13, Stephen Collinson, “Michigan vaccine rebuff puts Biden and a top ally in a dicey political spot”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry rebuff
• Cook was making an impassioned plea to end the technology industry’s collection and sale of user data.2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, quoting Tim Cook, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on…. From the entry surveillance
• June’s emotional plea to Moira to find her balls again is heartbreaking.2017 July 23, Julia Raeside, “The Handmaid’s Tale recap: episode eight – this is not a drill”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian…. From the entry pinkie swear
• Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs.2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times. From the entry plague
• The terms of the plea arrangement will allow the soldier, Specialist Juston R.2007 January 4, Paul Von Zielbauer, “Soldier Reaches Plea Deal in the Killing of 3 Iraqis”, in New York Times. From the entry noncapital
• Li wrote a direct plea to Zhu Rongji about conditions in his area.2001, Gordon G. Chang, “Trade Charade: WTO Accession Will Trigger Collapse”, in The Coming Collapse of China (Business/Current Affairs)…. From the entry Qipan
• The plea is commonly used in local and state courts in the United States.1992, Walter John Raymond, Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms, Brunswick Publishing…. From the entry Alford plea
• Now, let me stop here to make a sort of plea.1989, Irwin H. Rosenberg, “Summary comments”, in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, volume 50, number 5, →DOI, pages 1231-1233. From the entry sarcopenia
• It was Shama’s plea to a sister to exchange intimacies, to show support.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 4. From the entry intimacy
• Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies?1956, Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden, page 102. From the entry tiny
• The rector was non-resident, on the plea of the unsalubrity of the spot.1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes, Chapter 11. From the entry read oneself in
• After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry severely
• Williams previously entered a Kennedy plea to second-degree robbery.2016 February 2, Courtney Hessler, “Man sentenced to 30 years in 2014 armed robbery ring”, in The Herald Dispatch. From the entry Kennedy plea
• The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does).2015, Randall G. Shelden, William B. Brown, Karen S. Miller, Randal B. Fritzler, Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society: Second…. From the entry overcharge
• Broadly, though, the lawsuit advanced three claims in support of its plea that Stroman not be executed the following week.2014, Anand Giridharadas, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas. From the entry gumptious
• In federal courts, such plea may be accepted as long as there is evidence that the defendant is actually guilty.2006, Susan Ellis Wild, Webster's New World Law Dictionary, Webster's New World, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry Alford plea
• Luckily the good folks at Monsoon Cafe listened to the pleas of our curryless citizens and went balls to the wall.2006, David L. Sloan, Christopher Shultz, The Hangover Survival Guide, page 97. From the entry curryless
• Utnapishtim hears his wife's plea and tells Gilgamesh where he can find a miraculous plant of invigoration and rejuvenation.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry invigoration
• And never you cop another man's plea.1958, Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side, page 312. From the entry jolt
• His plea for “Regional Pleasurances” is plain common sense.1946 spring, Clough Williams-Ellis, “Homes, Towns and Countryside. By Gilbert and Elizabeth Glen McAllister. Batsford. 18s.”, in Elizabeth…. From the entry pleasurance
• We must not be overhasty in condemning those, who made an earnest plea for the educational rights of women.1910, Good Housekeeping Magazine 1910-09: Volume 51, Issue 3, Hearst Magazines, page 257. From the entry overhasty
• Not even a plea from Ms.[2023 April 29, Sheera Frenkel, “Interest Builds Over Bluesky, A Social Site Akin to Twitter”, in New York Times, page B3. From the entry skeet
• The Sorting Hat’s song, with its Dumbledorean pleas for unity and its allusions to the coming war, certainly foreshadows events in the final two books.2009, James W. Thomas, Repotting Harry Potter: A Professor’s Book-by-Book Guide for the Serious Re-Reader, Zossima Press, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry Dumbledorean
• The first chapter is a position paper on explanation in the social sciences, a plea for "mechanisms" as opposed to law-like principles.2001, Robert C. Solomon, “Review of Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions by Jon Elster”, in The Philosophical Review…. From the entry position paper
• He remembers the sad, droning sound of a blowhorn from a dredge barge, a plea for help as it was swept out to sea.1998 April 19, “Back When Beach Was Best: Resident, 81, shares memories with commission”, in Miami Herald. From the entry blowhorn

Meaning of plea

1. noun An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
2. noun An excuse; an apology.
3. noun That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.

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Questions about plea in a sentence

How do you use plea in a sentence?

Plea is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.”

What is a short sentence with plea?

“make a plea”

What does plea mean?

Plea means an appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.