PLEA in a Sentence
Learn PLEA from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
29 example sentences for PLEA, such as:
1. We will enter a plea of not guilty.
2. His pleas were met by a blank stare.
3. She made an impassioned plea for help.
4. He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
5. The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury.
2. His pleas were met by a blank stare.
3. She made an impassioned plea for help.
4. He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
5. The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PLEA
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plea
n. an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
n. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
Classic Sentence:
1 She had excused herself from the walk on the plea of a headache: the horrid headache which, in the morning, had prevented her venturing to church.
2 Mrs. Trenor brushed aside the plea with a gesture which laid bare its weakness.
3 Upon the same plea, he told me to bring my tools and clothing home forthwith.
4 Mr. Pumblechook and Mr. Hubble declined, on the plea of a pipe and ladies' society; but Mr. Wopsle said he would go, if Joe would.
5 After a time he would give up once more, on the plea that he had not got Cobbs's bill, or Lobbs's, or Nobbs's, as the case might be.
6 Meanwhile, plea after plea had been presented to the legal authorities, and daily were relatives whom no one had before heard of putting in an appearance.
7 Mr. Klyucharev has been treated in the same way, and so have others who on the plea of building up the temple of Solomon have tried to destroy the temple of their fatherland.
8 However, the man's examination and the depositions of the witnesses had been completed, but the lawyer's plea, and the speech of the public prosecutor were still to come; it could not be finished before midnight.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
9 At the moment of this entrance, the defendant's lawyer had just finished his plea.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
10 Villefort immediately rose from table and quitted the room upon the plea of urgent business; he soon, however, returned, his whole face beaming with delight.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
Context Highlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
11 We excused her, to a certain extent, on the plea of ill-health: she was dwindling and fading before our eyes.
12 Venn declined, on the plea of it being too early, and stated that his business was with Miss Vye.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
13 The officials of the Exposition were anxious that I should assume this responsibility, but I declined to do so, on the plea that the work at Tuskegee at that time demanded my time and strength.
14 They were trying vainly by whispered pleas and jerks at her skirt to make the old lady sit down on the brick wall.
Example Sentence:
1 The plea was part of a deal struck with the Dallas County district attorney.
2 Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
3 The director of the charity made an impassioned plea for help.
4 We will enter a plea of not guilty.
5 She made an impassioned plea for help.
6 The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
7 The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury.
8 A senior judge heard a plea for damages on behalf of the accident victims.
9 A plea bargain was offered by the state assuring her that she would not go to prison.
10 According to testimony at the guilty plea hearing, Mr. Haltinner, used an assumed online identity to sell approximately 637000 stolen credit card numbers.
11 He did not attend the dinner; his plea was that he was too busy to come.
12 CNN reports the felon is already insisting he'll make a comeback and they include this from his plea.
13 Despite pleas from his mother, the gunman refused to give himself up.
14 He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
15 His pleas were met by a blank stare.