How to Use leniency in a Sentence

leniency

noun

• Kay sobbed while one of his three sons spoke to the judge from the lectern in a plea for leniency.
  — Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 11 Oct. 2022
• That patience and leniency won’t last long.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
• However, that's where the leniency stops and where the door hits him on the way out.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
• Ware says many teams, like the Dolphins, had a three-pound leniency rule.
  — Kalyn Kahler, SI.com, 10 May 2018
• Just asking for a little bit of leniency, that's it.
  — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
• Bush can be given a little leniency here with the latter in mind.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• Soto seemed unmoved by the cop’s pleas for leniency.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Entrekin, in his letter to the judge, did not make a request for leniency.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2022
• Does that mean what looks like a shift toward leniency right now could be temporary?
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• Reeves then urged the judge to consider leniency.
  — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 28 May 2026
• The judge in his case had brushed aside his lawyers’ arguments and his friends’ appeals for leniency.
  — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2025
• Rampeesa wrote a letter to the court pleading for leniency that was read before the judge.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2019
• Rampeesa wrote a letter to the court pleading for leniency that was read before the judge.
  — Niraj Warikoo, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2019
• The state’s leniency also has allowed just about anyone who takes a notion to buy and own a pet tegu.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2021
• Griner and her lawyers pleaded for leniency, but everyone knew better than to hope for it.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2022
• Spivey had more than 100 letters and calls that came to the court asking for leniency.
  — Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2022
• In a one-page letter to the judge, Abedin had asked for leniency on behalf of their son.
  — Benjamin Weiser, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Sep. 2017
• The word itself is defined as mercy or leniency.
  — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
• Rigetti has a track record of delays, so the market may not afford them much leniency if things go off course.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• The detective, at that point, will often make a promise to seek leniency.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 25 July 2021
• In exchange for leniency, Ashley Shaw turned on her one-time boss.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
• The 23 men addressed the court ahead of the verdicts, most begging for leniency.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2019
• But the law changed so that the inmates would have more leniency — COs can’t throw you in solitary.
  — Rebecca McCray, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2021
• While some immigrants who overstayed their visa terms may have seen some leniency in the past, that is often no longer the case.
  — Hollie Silverman dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
• Before the sentence was announced, Huger asked the judge for leniency.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
• Byrd had written the judge a 10-page letter asking for leniency.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2024
• In rare moments of leniency from Ike, Tina did enjoy success on her own.
  — Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
• The messier the debate, the more leniency they were granted to enrich themselves even more—and the cycle played on and on.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2019
• Among those who asked the judge for leniency on the banker included Laffitte’s wife and daughter.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Ahead of his sentencing, Combs wrote a letter to the judge pleading for leniency.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025