pleaded (to)

variants or pled (to) also plead (to)
past tense of plead (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleaded (to)
Verb
  • For months, boisterous fellows at Angels Stadium peeled off their shirts and begged Moreno to sell.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Her cellmates saw her in distress and begged her to tell them what happened.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2025, le perline protested in Piazza Maggiore under a red banner shaped like a bra and petitioned the European Parliament.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Reddington once again petitioned the judge to allow the jury to keep deliberating without the one juror who was in the way of a unanimous verdict, asking him to dismiss the juror and let the others continue with an alternate.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
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“Pleaded (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleaded%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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