Synonyms of pleadings

pleadings

noun

plural of pleading

as in pleas

an earnest request

coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleas
• appeals
• prayers
• petitions
• desires
• cries
• entreaties
• supplications
• solicitations
• suits
• demands
• applications
• adjurations
• conjurations
• requisitions
• calls
• suppliances
• claims
• insistences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pleadings

The Times stands by our journalism, and the president’s legal pleadings will not change that or deter further reporting. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Jain said Jackson has not been formally served with any pleadings, and his representatives were never contacted by Mayers' team over the suit. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 May 2026

His firm twice praised the 2021 affidavit option in early court pleadings but made no mention in hearings of its disappearance from the new plan. — Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

In pleadings, lawyers for the state have insisted the Justice Department has no business telling the state how to care for Florida’s children. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026

His attorneys have said in legal pleadings that is incorrect. — Nolan Clay, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026

Against 46-year-old Manny Pacquiao and now against Garcia, Barrios couldn’t let his hands go, despite the pleadings of his old trainer, Bob Santos, and new chief second Joe Goossen. — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026

In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Thankfully, then-general manager Scott Howson and director of amateur scouting Paul Castron listened to Riley’s pleadings. — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025