How to Use clemency in a Sentence

clemency

noun

• The President has granted clemency to several people this month.
• Trump granted clemency to all of them on his first day in office.
  — Sarah N. Lynch, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
• Ivey has granted clemency once.
  — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
• Biden’s act of clemency humbled Dobbs, his wife said.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
• Higgs’ lawyers have argued that this fact alone should clear him for clemency.
  — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 14 Jan. 2021
• Dorsey, who had requested clemency, thanked those who tried to save his life.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Barack Obama didn’t take any clemency action in his first two years.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• Those seeking clemency should not have to wait years without updates.
  — Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
• In his clemency request, Emery doesn’t even mention her name.
  — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2021
• Third, states should expand clemency efforts.
  — Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
• Bar discipline falls outside the reach of such clemency.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026
• Brown was 30 years old when she was granted clemency and had served 15 years in prison.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 24 June 2020
• He was granted clemency in June and freed after serving five years.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2019
• That is how many people Trump granted clemency for in the first year of his second term.
  — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• Scott did say that those defendants could go through the clemency process as allowed under law.
  — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2022
• But the answer is not to retreat from clemency, but to normalize it.
  — Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
• That was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
  — Will Weissert The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
• Just three people sentenced to death in Texas have been granted clemency.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
• Here are the five Texas convicts who received pardons or clemency.
  — ExpressNews.com, 21 Jan. 2021
• Over the years, White has sought and been denied clemency multiple times.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
• He was sentenced to 40 months in prison but was later granted clemency.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
• Of course, there were 10 more people who got off as part of the president’s clemency spree.
  — Graeme McMillan, Wired, 23 Feb. 2020
• At least Polis cannot grant himself clemency for the damage to his legacy.
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
• The court has not ruled yet in this case and could easily make the conversation about clemency moot.
  — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
• Raynor saw the position, which was unpaid, as a chance to meet people with the power to grant him clemency.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
• This column was published as a pro-con about clemency for Tina Peters.
  — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
• Epstein first tried to enlist the help of his attorneys in his bid for clemency, but that quickly fell flat.
  — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
• The move, announced last week, marks the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
  — Emma Withrow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
• The interview could have been an avenue to plead directly for such clemency.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
• But sincere or not, these acts of clemency represent more than what the Democrats have offered.
  — Jeremy Busby, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025