How to Use lenience in a Sentence

lenience

noun
  • That could lead to more lenience from a judge at sentencing.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • When the apology tours and pleas for lenience begin in earnest, feel free to ignore them.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Debby Ryan views this lenience as a problem in of itself.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Arbery's parents and sister, who spoke before the sentences were handed down, asked the judge to show no lenience.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Perhaps some degree of lenience is coming from the NCAA given the breadth of parties involved.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • But every franchise has its threshold for lenience and embarrassment, and two in the last six months reached theirs with Brown.
    — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Mr. Johnson’s lawyers filed 70 pages of letters to the judge from their client’s colleagues, friends and family, asking for lenience.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Musk may defend his lenience toward hatefulness as a victory for free speech, but the question is: Free speech for whom?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • During the sentencing hearing, Arbery’s family had asked the judge to show no lenience.
    — Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Any shift in Fed policy would start from a position of unusual lenience.
    — Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, 2 June 2021
  • Critics have suggested the program led to lenience for Cruz, but the superintendent said Wednesday that the suspect was never was part of the program.
    — Kelli Kennedy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
  • One factor that could weigh against lenience was Smollett’s own testimony at trial.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • His father, two brothers, a sister, his girlfriend and others wrote heartfelt letters pleading for lenience from the federal judge.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 25 May 2017
  • Outside the Republican Party, there isn’t a lot of lenience for men who abuse their privilege and authority.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2021
  • During the sentencing hearing, Arbery's family had asked the judge to show no lenience in deciding whether to grant an eventual chance at parole.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — Reuters, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another defense lawyer, Edwin Choy, called for lenience before the sentencing, saying Ma's slogans and chants were empty words with no great impact.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • However, try to allow yourself lenience and grace under the maiden’s energy.
    — Meghan Ros, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2021
  • But after hearing of the rioters’ plight, Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, intervened on their behalf in a dramatic display of mercy, going onto her knees before her husband to beg for lenience.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 1 May 2017

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