How to Use lenience in a Sentence

lenience

noun
  • That could lead to more lenience from a judge at sentencing.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 2019-11-21
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2022-08-05
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, USA TODAY, 2022-08-05
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 2022-08-05
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 2022-08-05
  • But Jones’ lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, Hartford Courant, 2022-08-05
  • But Jones' lawyers said their client has already learned his lesson, and asked for lenience.
    — Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-08-05
  • Debby Ryan views this lenience as a problem in of itself.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 2018-01-09
  • When the apology tours and pleas for lenience begin in earnest, feel free to ignore them.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 2017-10-04
  • Arbery's parents and sister, who spoke before the sentences were handed down, asked the judge to show no lenience.
    — NBC News, 2022-01-07
  • Any shift in Fed policy would start from a position of unusual lenience.
    — Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, 2021-06-02
  • 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, 2019-09-11
  • One factor that could weigh against lenience was Smollett’s own testimony at trial.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 2022-03-09
  • 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, 2022-12-14
  • Experts say this level of lenience can lead to rebellion, risk-prone temperament, and unhealthy habits.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 2024-09-29
  • Caban’s lenience in the Lucas matter isn’t the first time the commissioner has let bad behavior slide.
    — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 2024-07-01
  • However, try to allow yourself lenience and grace under the maiden’s energy.
    — Meghan Ros, Glamour, 2021-09-01
  • Friends and family testified on Hafter’s behalf, urging lenience.
    — Philly.com, 2017-10-31
  • Perhaps some degree of lenience is coming from the NCAA given the breadth of parties involved.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 2018-02-25
  • 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, 2018-02-28
  • 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, 2021-11-11
  • Instead of continuing to disparage your empathic boss's personality, focus on the business issues created by her lenience.
    — Tribune News Service, OregonLive.com, 2017-06-03
  • But other than a legitimate and insurmountable accessibility issue, Swanson says GitHub has no plans for lenience.
    — WIRED, 2023-08-11
  • Despite greater lenience in state guidelines, which allowed a pair of major museums in Houston to reopen, Dallas County has advised against visiting museums and similar venues for now.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 2020-06-26
  • Three co-defendants, all of whom were offered lenience by Bissell in exchange for cooperation, recanted their testimony incriminating Wright.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 2020-12-07
  • 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, 2017-05-01
  • There’s a rich intellectual strain that argues that acts of civil disobedience, like tearing down statues that commemorate treasonous, white supremacist revolts against the United States government, deserve lenience.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2017-09-17
  • Their presence in the Columbia, Willamette and other major rivers in recent years spawned federal legislation as Oregon and Washington succeeded in pushing for more lenience to kill more of the mammals to protect endangered fish.
    — oregonlive, 2020-02-25
  • And whereas mental illness may sometimes be a mitigating factor in sentencing, even when a person is responsible for a crime, Carro decided Ortega’s resistance to treatment and unwillingness to admit culpability render her undeserving of lenience.
    — Maureen O'Connor, The Cut, 2018-05-14

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