| 单词 | plead |
| 例句 | His gaze landed on me, pleading for it to stop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for Anya, he probably would have pleaded with his captain for a reassignment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The mother runs out of her room, pleading. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then one of them began to whine and plead, pawing at Julius’s arm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z While I was at it, an inmate porter stopped by and pleaded on behalf of the cooker. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cuthbert knew they were right, but still he pleaded with them. ‘“Talk to me!’ he cried. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I wish you’d stop picking on me about that dead man in your tent,” he pleaded peevishly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Whereas in England even abolitionists portrayed humble slaves on their knees pleading for freedom, in this coin designed for use in Africa, the English and the African are shown as nearly equal. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I pleaded in my head to be allowed to stay but knew better than to say anything out loud. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The snake turned back to the Sea King, stretching its neck as if pleading. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The defense lawyer had filed no written pleadings and uttered no more than twelve transcript lines at sentencing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Sure, I could fight with the bank, or plead with the charities. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Ma, please,” our grandmother pleaded, but Ma Charles was determined to tell her family history, so Big Ma’s pleas turned to anger. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Carl, he must have said, I am sorry for what has come between us, but here on the water, adrift in the fog, I plead with you for your help. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Bridges took the microphone and started pleading for order, but Coach Warner was screaming over him, screaming at the players who’d let Victor get away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please, do something. The lion will kill him," pleaded the girl, urgently. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Bell is a step behind at all times, pleading forgiveness and politely asking that Powell tread more softly so as not to wake the residents. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Later Governor Faubus came on television to give what one reporter described as a pleading speech. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, he pled, whispering, “Just turn on the grass. Like a child in the morning.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “It would raise only a few rupees,” I pleaded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Discouraged but hardly defeated, Penelope felt she had no choice but to plead with Lady Constance in person. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “You did, didn’t you? Looking up at me, all doe-eyed and pleading ... I could have had you, couldn’t I? You’re so easy.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird’s book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "Please, my lords," she pleaded, "don't hurt me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But this last alternative seems to me to be special pleading: I am, reluctantly, a self-confessed carbon chauvinist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ben ignored him, pleading for help as he started to pull on the leather looped around his neck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Sam had begged and pleaded with the man not to take her away, but he had pushed Sam aside and carried her down the mountain to a pickup truck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When the case resumed a week later I was given permission to address the court before I was asked to plead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pleading was followed by an extended period of screaming that ultimately gave way to more begging. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My mother pleads with the guards as I try to wriggle my way out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He didn’t know if someone would plead guilty, not guilty, or reach a plea. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But as Nailer stared into the drowned girl’s pleading eyes, they might as well have been his own. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He pleaded on the radio, and I knew something terrible was happening there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And so Chess saw in stark detail that Mom was staring straight at him, her desperate wince full of not just anguish but hope—and maybe even faith as well—as she pleaded, “Kids, please.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In a last-ditch effort, they hatched a plan to appeal directly to Penkovsky's bosses in the GRU—their sworn enemies—to plead for his life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “No,” she said, and now her voice turned pleading. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Behind them Jam could hear Hibiscus’s voice, ragged and pleading, saying how he would tell them everything, everything, if they could just please make sure it didn’t come back for him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Looking at the crowd, she could see her mother at the front of the line pleading with the desk sergeant, who looked overwhelmed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It’s due to the demographic where I live,” he pleaded. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When Blanca saw the long unpolished wooden table where two rows of children were awaiting their portions with pleading eyes, she began to cry and wound up spending two days with a splitting headache. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Based on their personal knowledge of Walter's whereabouts at the time of the Morrison murder, family members, church members, black pastors, and others all pleaded with Sheriff Tate to release McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Word that the bank was near failure caused the street out front to fill with children pleading for their money. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She brought a plate of butter cookies and pleaded with him to eat one. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z W.E. shook his head, his eyes pleading with Trotter to save him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I pleaded, hear me and I shall be your priest! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am sorry. I am not practiced in love. When will you forgive me?” he pleaded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We have to make them laugh,” Penny had said, pleading. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He kept pleading, “I’m on your side!” but his orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt didn’t help matters—nor did the warship overhead, firing flaming spears into New Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She had not pleaded or complained, and she had truly tried to hide her disappointment “1 will wear yours,” he had said immediately. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have pleaded illness, but I knew that Falconer would brook no excuse short of my writing hand being lopped off—and even then he would probably insist that I transcribe left-handed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Sunjin’s mom began crying, pleading for them to at least save her son. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But even as I pleaded within, hoping some message would get across, I knew. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Gently I pleaded, so but they turned cold and still. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was a nice girl,” she pleaded, “wasn’t I?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He pleaded with Anderson to stay, for without a single student, the course could not be counted as part of the Caltech curriculum. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Later that day I rummaged through drawers and found Granny’s address; I wrote to her, pleading with her to come and help us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would make us fit in a little bit,” I pleaded with Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Chandra was very beautiful, with golden-brown skin and sad, pleading eyes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, but the seafood here is so good," the doctor pleaded, looking at her from above his glasses, which had slipped down on his nose like a schoolteacher's. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother’s release. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor asked Govan why, if he admitted many of the actions in the four counts against him, he did not simply plead guilty to the four counts? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pleaded guilty at his trial the following March. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Oh, God, oh, God, Yossarian had been pleading wordlessly as he dangled from the ceiling of the nose of the ship by the top of his head, unable to move. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After playing for an hour, we began to hear the cries of a desperate prisoner, pleading, “God, help me. God, help me.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I could see the pleading in her warm gray eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pluto spread his hands in a pleading gesture. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He begged, pleaded for her hand until the light grew even smaller. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At last she weakened, and he was able to force her back and plead with her to let him talk, swearing to her that Nately’s death had not been his fault. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Please let me out of these awful chains,” the sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where in France do you go? Please tell me, as your friend,” said Horatio with a gently pleading tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “No, don’t be hurt,” she pleaded quite pathetically; “let only me be hurt, if I have been ungenerous.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “What am I to do now?” she pleaded. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” La Llorona pleaded, standing up and stepping in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “But I want to believe,” I looked up and pleaded, “it’s just that I have to believe in Him?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad sounded like he was pleading his case. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was still in the strait-waistcoat and in the padded room, but the suffused look had gone from his face, and his eyes had something of their old pleading—I might almost say, “cringing”—softness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I need to contact my ship, Todd,” she says, almost pleading. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When the detectives again pleaded ignorance, he explained that it was a stretch of park where one encountered “hustlers mostly,” adding, “but plenty of amateurs, too. Nurses. Secretaries. I’ve had a lot of luck there.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z By pleading not guilty, Claudette would be doing more than just talking back to whites: she would be challenging Jim Crow dead-on. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She was not about to plead guilty to anything, but she didn’t know what to do or whom to turn to. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As much as I detested myself for it, I heard pleading in my voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This goes against all my rules, and the pleading in her voice makes me uncomfortable. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But Ruben pleaded that his quest for tenure in the Chemistry Department rested on a knife edge, not least because of the acrid hint of anti-Semitism in the Berkeley administration. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z No screams, no pleading wails—or perhaps the Terranovas’ TV was turned up too loud to hear it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I sit up in my chair to plead my case, but she shoots me a look that kills the words in my throat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Yes, you did,” he said, when I pled my ignorance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You weren’t pleading with him to come back. You were mocking him.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When Papa had finished, Mama pleaded with him to build a floor. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As coveted as his shells were, Pocock had begun to find himself struggling to stay in business, reduced to writing plaintive letters to coaches around the country, pleading for orders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was brought to the square, forced to plead guilty to his crime, and sentenced to a whipping to be carried out immediately. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh, they begged and they pleaded and they pleaded and they begged. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were right, Ophelia, to fear the consequences of Hamlet’s play. You and I are in danger if we stay at Elsinore. Escape with me and we will join Hamlet,” Horatio pleaded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His mother was livid at what had happened, but the player pleaded with her not to push it because he feared it might interfere with his career at Permian and be held against him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. You don’t have to go. Mama’s already there,” I plead. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The children plead to be allowed to light the remaining cities, but no, Tía Carmen tells them, they may blow out the candles and, of course, eat the cake. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Come back,” she pleaded, “come back, come back, come back, come back.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Wringing her hands, Mrs. Lincoln pleaded, “Where is my husband? Where is my husband?” to no one in particular. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I pleaded not to go to the store because it was my birthday, I knew that Grandma always got her way. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Eventually he pleaded guilty to vandalism and, I guess, dognapping, although he agreed to pay for the Labradors and a new set of Winnebago tires. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Let me be your boyfriend, just for tonight,” pleaded the soldier. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I find myself whispering long, never-ending sentences to God, begging for Mother to feel some relief, pleading for good news about the book, sometimes even asking for some hint of what to do about Stuart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Finally, after almost a month in jail, you decide to plead guilty so you can return home to your children. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But I did go to the clinic, mei baas,” she pleaded in a trembling voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This was his day, and after they came in to greet Maurice they both pleaded pressure of their work to retire behind the closed doors of their joint office. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Sobbing, I pleaded with him not to turn back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To look over my shoulder and see the Stop sign with huge reflective letters, pleading with Hannah. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Three of the scheduled anointed speakers did not show, among them church founders Rev. Thomas McNair, my godfather, and Sister Virginia Ingram, both having pleaded illness or scheduling conflicts. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Runt raised his head and gave Bristle a pleading look. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “No, you don’t understand,” I pleaded, unsure of what was happening. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In June 1923, Davis pleaded guilty to bribery and received a two-year sentence, but a few months later he was pardoned by the governor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "So, tell us about this cute guy at the nursery," Fifi pleads. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “But Edgar’s no name for a girl. At least make it Annabelle,” she pleaded, “or Lee, like the other poem.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your servants have arrested the owner of the wineshop and his daughters. They plead their ignorance and beg for mercy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unable to hear me as I pleaded for her to listen. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot stand idly by while she suffers. I have some skill with plants and potions. Let me administer a medicine that might restore balance to her mind,” I plead. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A woman fell to her knees to plead for the head of a man executed as a traitor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z People pray, raise their arms, pleading to ships in the harbor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He dropped his head, then looked up, with pleading puppy-dog eyes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Dr. Trefusis,” I pled, “you must not sleep. I fear I bled you too extremely.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Oppenheimer and I were pleading with General Groves that there had to be a test because the whole scheme was so uncertain. But General Groves said he couldn’t afford to lose all that plutonium.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother didn’t want to plead for any more credit at the grocery store, so the cupboards held a sparse supply of staples. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife at his side, Arabella’s father stood at the wrought-iron gates of his estate, first pleading with his daughter to reconsider her decision, then in desperation ordering her not to go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She hated the sniffling, pleading tone of her voice but could not help it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And he went back and forth to Islamabad and Peshawar, pleading with the government for help and speaking out against the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then—I still shudder to remember it—a desperate, pleading note crept into his voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If you knew all my story,” she pleaded, “you would have some compassion for me and a better understanding of me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Candelario, she pleads as she lifts her hand to knock, for the burning has spread. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I swallowed hard and tried unsuccessfully to keep the pleading from my voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t,” I half pleaded, and distractedly pushed the pie a half inch farther away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I know it's a girl now, I can tell by the pleading, the agonized scream that follows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She looked up at Rachel, her eyes pleading. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Then she glanced up at me with a pleading look in her eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My tone softened, became more pleading than commanding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I stare at Mustafa with raised eyebrows, silently pleading for help. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Would she rail against the wrongness, would she call out for blood, or would she rise to the level of forgiveness, plead for the mercy of God? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In his deep voice there seemed to be a pleading cry for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please go back to bed, Robin,” I pleaded. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He knew he was going to plead guilty—he just wanted to get on with it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He lifted his eyes; his expression was wistful, pleading. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Please," became "with your kind permission," and questions were pleaded rather than asked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The sound of her voice, pleading with him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I pleaded with the party members for a more liberal program for the club. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His chest was heaving and a note of pleading had come into the harsh voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Or would Billy plead for a few more? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “They were going to take him off life support right away, but I pleaded with them.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When they say yes, my brothers plead with them to bring word to our uncles that we have arrived. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The withered god looked up at her with pleading eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Hickock obeyed, with an expression that the detective interpreted as a pleading with him to speak, to accuse, and let the prisoner escape into the sanctuary of steadfast denial. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They stared at each other a moment in an awful pause, she with a startled, pleading question in her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z So that at eight in the morning half the town was in the square, where Father Nicanor chanted the gospels in a voice that had been lacerated by his pleading. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I think she would have pled with him not to steal the souls of those who would take his place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while, Spurge argued, but Werfel kept trekking across dry pastures, and Spurge kept following him, pleading, until the city of Tenebrion was just a distant dot behind them on the horizon. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z From a window overhead he heard an unhappy female voice pleading, “Please don’t. Please don’t.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t sound angry, more like he was pleading. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh, Lady,” I pleaded, “it would be a wondrous gift. I would be so grateful.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Justice de Wet said he was not interested in hearing political speeches, that we should merely plead not guilty or guilty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please tell me your name, that I may call you by it,” she pleads. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You don’t mean—I thought you might help us,” she said quite calmly, not pleading but questioning. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It went without saying that this was a strong argument for taking retribution into your own hands, but the prosecutor pleaded that we not do so. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When that failed to elicit a response, the voices of young children pleaded for help. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Mom, please listen to me,” my voice pleaded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Okay," he announced, "here's the deal. We plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute and they drop the rest. They want to make it simple." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Wait,” she pleaded, trying to tuck her Barbie under her sweater. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Nan answered my pleading look with a discreet shrug. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “He wants to see me,” the chaplain pleaded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her mother lay in bed, awake; she was pleading with Gabriel, who had been out drinking the night before, and who was not really sober now, to mend his ways and come to the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Hurry up, Daddy,” Karen pleaded from the bottom of the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man was uncomfortable with Big Ma’s pleading and apologizing and said again, “It was an accident, ma’am.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He was standing over her desk, pretending to plead with her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I pleaded one day after a schoolmate said Mami was not getting her money from a factory but from men in the city. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Live,” she pleads to her husband before she leaves. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I asked, trying not to seem like I was pleading. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I had noted that he got some thrill out of having me plead for infor-mation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You plead with me your daughter sister sister for release, but I am no little beast and have no reason to judge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Over and over, in a low voice, Enrique says, half pleading, “You better be quiet.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My body pleaded for sleep, but I knew he wanted to discuss the manuscript. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa pleads with the chief to relocate us to another village before people have the chance to turn against us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned to beg and plead with Uncle Clancey to let me live with them and finish high school in Cincinnati. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not want to leave you and Laertes,” I said in a pleading voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was a hint of pleading in her voice that disgusted her, but she needed him to cooperate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I softened my voice and pleaded, “Please, Papá, it means a lot to me.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He was denied because of an earlier drug possession charge for which he had pleaded guilty and served thirty days in jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Amari heard them plead for mercy, for understanding, but no one listened. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "Okay, but please let us alone," I pleaded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I am unable to get the scream out of my throat; my heart pounds; my eyes plead with him to let me go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, Thursday, my court-appointed lawyer pled not guilty for me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Scythe Faraday pleaded, but three bells had already rung, and Xenocrates ignored him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Clenching my teeth, 1 promised myself I wouldn’t plead with nobody, but I would take what I had coming. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He took another tack, “I don’t want to go with that rat,” said Gregor, almost pleading. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I plead my case across the cafeteria table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Tell me one sin,” I pleaded with Florence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiona had her own version of Lambeth Cockney, and with heartless exaggeration caught the ignorance of some patients, and their pleading, whining voices. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sheed tore his arm from the monster’s grasp and pleaded with Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, first thing, she would find Annabella and plead for help. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fate of black men in white prisons was, of course, well known to the family, and the tenant's daughter, who was already ill, grew terrified, pleading with the policeman not to take her father. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Can we please talk about this somewhere else?” he said, pleading with his eyes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her breath went out of her lungs in long soft gasps that turned to a whisper of pleading. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And when someone’s asking you to do something in such a pleading way, everything goes against saying no. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Fairy Queen is widely considered the most powerful figure in all fairydom. The groundskeeper had a desperate need and went to plead for her assistance. Apparently she was not impressed.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “We stood outside in the cold and dark. It had been months and months. They were going to plead and then they weren’t,” Leila reflects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The tone in her voice is pitch-perfect—concern, pity, slight pleading for a rescue. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Behind me, I hear Tiny dramatically plead, "Someone tell me it will be okay!" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Her baffled hands moved through and through, and still the little boy stood there pleading. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Although our father pled on thy behalf, thy uncle could not be moved. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One by one, they went to their mother and pleaded forgiveness for the humans — hut even their words did not soften their mother's cold keart. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t understand you. He’s only a baby!” the mother pleaded. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When she leaves work every afternoon, he pleads in a tiny voice for her to stay—or at least to take him with her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “No—for God’s sake—please—no rough stuff,” the driver pleaded. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something in his voice, a pleading, a look on his face such as a dog has when you are about to kick it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But this only made me plead for more attention, to whine at a higher pitch, to beg extra hard to work in the fields with her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother fell to her knees, palms together, and pleaded with them not to take her only daughter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths’s frown grows bigger, and I decide to plead my case after all. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The same ladies still looked at him with pleading eyes, the same serving girls still winked at him, the same councilmen still slipped pieces of potential legislation under his door with hopeful notes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Here they were, clinging to each other in the pet shop at Beekman’s, looking out at everybody with those tiny, wet eyes—as though pleading for love. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off into a pleading whisper. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gaze locked on Nailer again, desperate, pleading. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was remembering how Guenever must have pleaded illness on the previous evening, so as to leave the King’s room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard Hunt and the four men from Miami had already pled guilty. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When I finally pulled away a bit, I looked at my mom and pleaded, Please don’t call my school. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor offers him probation if he agrees to plead guilty to both charges and to snitch on a bigger dealer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He went straight to the master of archives to plead his case. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Please,” I pleaded, not needing to feign abjection. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel his pleading in the squeezing of my fingers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The two of them stood face-to-face, him yelling, her pleading with him in hushed tones to lower his voice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z "We let him have his. I'll call him tomorrow and see what we can plead to. Despite the fact that he's a real S.O.B.—he does have a seamless case against you." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Let me go,” I plead, jerking my head around first to Grady and then to Bill. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I yelled, pleaded, kicked, but they wrenched the money out of my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do you deny it, you miserable little gumboil? Do you plead not guilty?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I listened for her to come charging out and yell at me, but instead she just kept talking to Chris in a sad pleading voice, trying to get him to drink the nectar. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His face was deathly pale, but his eyes seemed to plead with Victor to tell him that it wasn't true. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, man, just pay him his money," I pleaded with Noodles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Another boy began to plead to go home. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On the inside I’m pleading with her to magically appear like she did at church, walk on up there with me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Inside, I hear the people praying—whimpering, whining, mumbling, pleading—to their numerous sticks and stones. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “And yet it looked so like it, sir,” I pleaded with a downcast heart. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I am not ready to meet her. Tell her that I am fevered again,” I plead. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Both he and Corporal Whitcomb had been provided with every convenience so that neither might ever plead discomfort as a basis for seeking permission to return to the Headquarters building. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They cluttered his dreams like the ghosts of Asphodel - an aimless, sorrowful mob pleading for attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She pleaded for “our right to the Avenue,” and she convinced the local board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants’ association, and other community groups to back her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z So she wept, pleading through her door for them to tell her what was happening, calling for her father, for Septa Mordane, for the king, for her gallant prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Arnold, claiming that his old wounds still kept him from battle duty, successfully pleaded for command of West Point. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was torn between protesting and pleading for fairness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me go, Red,” the smaller boy pleaded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘My son is very helpful. Just plead with him in my name. You’ll find him at his old temple in Epidaurus.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Joinville is pleading, thinking back, perhaps, to the stories he heard at the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about ?” Nurse Cramer pleaded with him in a quavering voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t lie, father, I don’t lie!” he pleaded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment it crossed her mind that if she humiliated herself to him, knelt down on her stiff old knees to plead for mercy, he might be soothed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridget pleaded, leaning the hot rod on its kickstand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “You have to come with us,” she pleaded. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But don’t ask him, okay? That’s so embarrassing,” I plead. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Papa looked at her with big, pleading eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mostly people cowered and pleaded for mercy, but the only mercy shown was the speed at which they were dispatched. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He would explain to Arthur that he had pleaded the wound so as to come unexpectedly, in disguise, because that was one of the new-fashioned things to do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew ruddy, billboard-genic children, beside themselves with delight and good health, holding up their empty bowls of breakfast food and pleading, good-naturedly, for more. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Because the sponsors and the benevolent associations would start calling her, asking, shouting, pleading to make me play again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is your cause I find wanting, not your courtesies. I have heard your arguments so often I could plead your case myself. Shall I?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A story about a rabbi named Jairus, who pleaded with Jesus. ‘My daughter is dying. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Arthur’s voice was trembling, pleading, “Come on! Come on! Let’s get outta here!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was pondering the matter and staring up at the window from which the can had been hurled, an old vagrant approached the wagon and pleaded for a frankfurter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It pained Mariam—it pained her considerably—to picture Rasheed panic-stricken and helpless, pacing the banks of the lake and pleading with it to spit his son back onto dry land. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “But I don’t want to stay,” I pleaded. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was ashamed of myself because I was beginning to plead. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z All the passengers held each other as Ayanna coaxed and pleaded with the raft for more speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I looked him up online. I was curious about him. I read that he pleaded ‘not guilty’ before the trial.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t go; don’t go! Oh! Edna, stay with me,” he pleaded. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I explained, and then pleaded with him not to get out of the car and go give the principal a piece of his mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I started to say something more, to plead my case further, but he turned to start his lesson. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He looked about with a wild, pleading expression. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He spoke in a low and pleading tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They hold them and her pleading eyes open me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The more I pleaded, the more she seemed to hate me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He tracks me down at the university, rumpled and unshaven and suddenly too old, and pleads with me as I walk between classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Disabled and without adequate legal assistance, Ms. Banks was coerced into pleading guilty to killing a child who had never existed along with her sister, Ms. Tucker. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Lily seemed to be pleading with her sister; Harry moved closer to listen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a harsh sound from Matthew, checked in response to his wife’s pleading eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “No, they are too young,” Ma pleads with him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to cry and plead and call to God to stop me as the lid began to rise. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I will wait and plead with him to let you come home.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Between coughing fits, he pleaded with Leslie Groves to authorize a delay of the test. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually something happens: the criminal's resolve starts breaking down, and he begs and pleads with the guards or tries to cut a deal or an extension, or sometimes even tries to break out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t let them take me again,” she pleaded. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Jean was solicitous, but he was not pleading or insistent; if anything, he was fraternal and lighthearted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t say that,” he says, and it sounds like he’s pleading with me, begging me to say that I am just like him, no better. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I don’t even know what to do with his pleading words of apology. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She glances at the camera and for a moment becomes rigid, forcefully tilting her head sideways, silently pleading for space. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “How can I tell, Hannah? He is good, and he’s fond of me. Besides,” Kit’s voice was pleading, “if I don’t marry him, how shall I ever escape from my uncle’s house?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Nixon’s valet, Manolo Sanchez, pleaded with him to come back to the car. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Seven turned around, her face pleading, her heart racing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He begged them for mercy and pleaded with them to let him climb on board the canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z One cannot, at once, claim to be superhuman and then plead mortal error. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Why, son, why?” his father pleaded with him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two warriors are far, but Gurgi sees them—yes, yes, they are riding full of wickedness and fierceness. But there is time for a small crunching,” Gurgi pleaded. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I remember looking at Daddy and pleading silently. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I tried to be cordial and plead our case, but the officer seemed firm in his words. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I spit, but his huge brown eyes plead for me to calm down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My pleading eyes switched back and forth between Mom and Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The bride’s voice would be soft and pleading, his, rough and demanding. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On Emmett still on the ground near the nest, on Ray licking at Axel’s hurt leg, on Byrd’s pleading, on Axel standing on his own two feet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had pleaded with the Olympian gods—even Mars—to help his friends, but he knew they were beyond the gods’ reach. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally, her mother came up and pleaded with Yoyo to go down and reconcile with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hall pleaded in a desperate, breathless voice to anyone on the mountain who might be listening. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I grin at her, giving her a pleading look. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z "Let me see the snowdrop again," pleaded the old woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Even a remote village of the Guthen Coast has radio, and they could not have pleaded ignorance of the Order of Exile; only real ignorance of their guest’s identity might give them some excuse. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t exactly pleading, it was asking questions. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Pretty girls in their best summer dresses begged for funds with which to equip troops, and they blushed happily at the enthusiastic cheers of the young men for whose cause they pled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “At least one glance at the Decanting Room,” he pleaded. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Ian's appointed lawyer encouraged him to plead guilty, assuring him that he would be sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She wept and pleaded with me to pray, really to pray, to pray hard, to pray until tears came . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed the secret pleading in her smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Please, Ophelia, will you forgive me for being unjust and cruel?” she asks, not pleading but with a noble dignity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The doctor and Mr. Alacran were pleading with a third person whose replies were muffled. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That night he sought out his un-cle in the great timbered common hall and pleaded to go with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I heard Grandmother try to plead her way out of it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Take it easy! Take your time!” his audience pleaded with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she came close enough, I tried to plead my case, but as it turned out, she had nothing to say. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He pleaded that an exception be made in my case, but the white man was adamant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There had never been a chance before, since no one except Claudette Colvin had ever pleaded not guilty to breaking the segregation laws in a bus arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z If I didn't know any better, I'd have said she was almost pleading. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The girl’s mother pleaded with her to go, but the girl refused. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Luther spent the afternoon sitting with Graham, offering him water and pleading in vain with officials to get the boy to the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother pleaded with the nuns to take me back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, Gandhi was being a lawyer, an advocate, pleading with whites to offer better treatment for Indians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Let’s go back to the village,” Nhamo pleaded, clinging to Grandmother’s legs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And she pleaded, “Will you help me to be good?” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tristan,” she said again, almost pleading, “you have a plan, right?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But”—he looked at Jesse and his eyes were those of a pleading little boy —“but I can’t seem to give him up.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Back in Minneapolis, he had been forced to plead guilty and ask the Circle for help changing his life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z "Please, honey, don't cry," her mother pleaded with her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I look at her with pleading eyes, hoping she will feel bad and give me some. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, we have to go,” Pithy again pleads after a few minutes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me go with you,” he pleaded again. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When the widow’s baby got sick, the guardian still refused to turn over any of her money, though she pleaded for it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It comes out all wrong—bossy and scolding and pleading all at the same time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z My mom was crying, begging, and pleading; asking for more time as if she were gasping for a last breath of air. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She caught his eye, and he pleaded silently, Later. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What happened, they made a deal and Killer Kane pled guilty, which means he has to serve out the rest of his original sentence plus ten more years. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z As recently as that very summer they had been shown their position in the Philadelphia society that was now pleading for their help. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “You cannot plead that boy both guilty and insane,” Buckley said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As I speak, I see her pleading face as she begged me that she did right by her Jimmy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I pulled my bloody hand out of my pocket and clenched it in my pleading. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He traveled to Athens, sent there by Apollo to plead his case before Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then, realizing the consequences of your plea, do you still plead guilty?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She asked him again, softly pleading with him to tell her something. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He bends his head, I tip mine up, and Al Green's pleading voice becomes the soundtrack to my first sweet, deep kiss. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “God knows, it is natural to mourn your father, but do not let your grief destroy your reason,” pleaded Horatio, taking my hand in his. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I look up with pleading eyes at Mami, but she stands over my bed shaking her head. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z His face showed a tender pleading for the person inside to open the door and let him in. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The possibility of the young man’s coming to Mrs. Goddard’s that morning, and meeting with Harriet and pleading his own cause, gave alarming ideas. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z My father's viola does not scream; it pleads, it woos. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She just had to throw herself at the mercy of an all-powerful being and plead for her family. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I’d plead my case to the bank tellers, maybe even attempting to weep, but I’d probably break into a nervous laugh. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The police agreed but pleaded short-handedness and tried for increased budget and sometimes succeeded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, give me a break,” I pleaded with Henderson, humiliated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter heard this constantly, but he couldn't imagine how to file a pleading in court himself. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His uncle and cousins are shouting, begging, pleading on the porch. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z As the news photographer snapped pictures of the protesters, Mother Paula pleaded, “But I don’t want to hurt your owls! Really, I wouldn’t hurt a flea!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They “load up” defendants with charges that carry extremely harsh sentences in order to force them to plead guilty to lesser offenses and—here’s the kicker—to obtain testimony for a related case. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Kate said in a pleading voice, “Joe, do you think you could help me? If I gave you ten thousand dollars, do you think you could fix everything up?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Now that I have no money, eyes pleading and big, I beg. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Still Herbie spoke, and there was agitation in his voice—as if he were hurt and frightened and pleading. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z ‘Mama, you have to help Amanda,” Jaime pleaded, with the certainty that came from their complicity in matters such as this. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize the man pleading for his life is Alan, the boy who gave us a ride in the wagon only a few hours earlier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I understood now why Edward had been pleading. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Jennifer said with such a look of pleading in her eyes, Miss Marburn shrugged and said, “Okay. I guess we can do that.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “It was all a mistake,” he pleaded, standing out of his ship, his wife slumped behind him in the deeps of the hold, like a dead woman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a horrible joke, but Doc Daneeka didn’t laugh until Yossarian came to him one mission later and pleaded again, without any real expectation of success, to be grounded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “For the sake of the children,” the bald man pleaded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Tris...” he says, and his eyes plead with me for understanding, but I do not understand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “My little brother is on—” Ben’s voice pleads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jones listened to the loud sounds of argument and pleading coming from the alley and heard one plop of a slap land on someone’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I plead for and get a lamp to supplement the single overhead bulb. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed about to yell at me, then his attention returned to the latest batch of pleading refugees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, the creature made pleading motions and pantomimed drinking from a cup. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “It’s only a word or two. When the judge asks how you want to plead, say guilty.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Simone, please, you have to pick up the check,” the photographer pleaded. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lauren had pleaded with her, cried, begged, and finally even yelled, but Maya refused to open her bedroom door to her, refused to look at her, refused to acknowledge her in any way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Please go the other way, Thomas pleaded silently. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Alabama and common law pleading, for instance, was a subject so ethereal in nature that Henry passed it only by memorizing the book. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The last time Cole had seen him, the judge had been wearing a black robe at the arraignment hearing in juvenile court when Cole first pleaded guilty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Prior to the trial, at which Andrews pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, the psychiatric staff of the Menninger Clinic conducted an exhaustive examination of the accused; this produced a diagnosis of “schizophrenia, simple type.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want it” “Please take it away,” the chaplain pleaded in a voice that was barely audible. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “The night that your brother died, he drank a potion that drove him out of his mind. He started screaming, pleading with someone who wasn’t there. ‘Don’t hurt them, please...hurt me instead.’” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I struggled to speak, to plead for mercy, but I couldn’t breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I put my hands together, making a pleading motion and hoping the desperation pouring out of my soul will convince her otherwise. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter pleaded to let him have a few more eggs but Ma Charles sat up straight in the pine chair her father made, looking every bit as “onchee” as her sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She uncurls her legs from beneath her, and Ainsley turns to give her a pleading look. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Adria and I had been pleading with him for a dog for years. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had bade me pray to it, and in hasty wise, I did: hollers for my mother’s safety, for Bono’s own, pled silently within. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Behind her, Tialys put away his instrument and sat watching the child plead with her own death to be taken where no one should go. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “But he’ll cry himself sick,” pleaded Meg, reproaching herself for deserting her boy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my sins grieved the Almighty and so I pleaded for forgiveness. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes pleaded with me to trust him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord,” I said, for this seemed to fit his role of pleading lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bobby’s team also pleaded to the court that it strike down the deportation order requested by the United States and brought by the Japanese Immigration Bureau. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother led me into the kitchen and pleaded for me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The more we pleaded, the more determined she seemed to become. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He met their gaze as best he could until, after a pleading glance toward his mother, he was allowed to leave the room. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They hope it will get them off the hook, or at least allow them to plead guilty to a lesser charge, should a critic ever try to prove them wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At first, she spoke in low, pleading tones, then she raised her voice and gesticulated wildly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He gave her a final, pleading look before trudging down the hall and into his bedroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Though Ben had pleaded for the station wagon, Bull had insisted that the Plymouth was a conversation piece and would help break the ice on Ben’s first date. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard them moaning to the few passersby, pleading for gold, insisting that they were really wizards. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Within the roaring current, thousands of voices cried out—shrieking in agony, pleading for mercy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But now, I no longer pleaded for anything. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, just hush—no need in you talking to him,” his brother pleaded. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now be honest,” she whispers with eyes that are pleading for me to be anything but. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was standing over Mom, holding out his hands, palms up, pleading his innocence. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He listened carefully, but today it was just the “NO,” pleaded to the father over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But my brothers begged and pleaded, promising we would cause no trouble, until finally Father brought some common reeds and cut them into thin spokes for us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The look she gave Malcolm was almost fierce, as if daring him to laugh or roll his eyes, and there was a pleading in it too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He likes to hear me plead with him to spare me from the pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Will I still hear them calling to me, pleading for release? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And then, from far away, he heard screaming, terrible, terrified, pleading screams. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Observing how I cower and weep and plead whenever the screaming starts in the next room. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Even one of his roommates popped out to ask him how he was doing and pleaded with him not to tell any of his other roommates he had popped out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After further pleading by our other clients, we decided to do what we could for Michael Lindsey, whose execution date was fast approaching. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They pleaded with the immigration officer in charge to allow us to stay a few more days so that we could leave the country together. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t help thinking about the weeping older version of that same face standing behind a quivering flyer, pleading for help on the evening news for the past few weeks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I glare at her, and her eyes plead with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The pressure to plead guilty to crimes has increased exponentially since the advent of the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Should she stay here, or run after the queen and plead for her life? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the grandstand, the crowd pleaded for Woolf to do something. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayor Clarkson could have cited his powerlessness, could have pleaded concern for his family, and fled the danger, as many other aldermen were doing. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’m so overcome with gratitude that I have to remind myself: This is my reward for all those years of begging and pleading, trying to whip up enthusiasm and getting nowhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As she pressed it into his hand, she pleaded with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The courts were finally forced to offer “bargain days” on which those accused of violating the act could plead guilty in return for an exceedingly low fine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I pled with her—knowing not why I pled—“But I am free. I play my violin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She clasped her hands together and shook them in a pleading motion, begging with her eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When he knocked on her cabin, she hugged him tight until he pleaded for her to stop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In that glacier of words grinding toward the twentieth century, Prendergast’s card was a single fragment of mica glinting with lunacy, pleading to be picked up and pocketed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had pleaded to go along, but my father said he didn’t think I should have to go through that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You admit to this charge? Do you understand this means you plead guilty?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Many times, Annabeth had tried to call on her mom anyway, pleading for guidance, sending up burnt offerings with every meal at camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I already know how to write my name!” he pleaded. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The way they look at her, the pleading glances and tear-streaked stares. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He would wait to be waved in and not whine or plead for a solo. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z As I walked toward the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare to plead for bread, I knew that I had come to the end of something. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In another moment she would lose every shred of commonsense and pride and fling herself into the water after the rowboat and plead with them not to leave her behind. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z An old married couple in their nineties contact a divorce lawyer, who pleads with them to stay together. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To continue on, they are required to plead their cases to authority. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Maybe I can get her back if I plead with the man who is in charge of the peregrines at the university. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In March 1983, he pled guilty to the burglary of a boot shop in Monahans and served seven months in prison. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “What those who wish to think amiss of me,” Jefferson pleaded, “I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He saw his father pleading with the king, his face etched with grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They pled with the few who still loaded sideboards and escritoires into tenders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “But Dad, I don’t want to stay here alone with him!” he pleaded. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I want to talk some more,” he pleaded. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Accused number two, Walter Sisulu, do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A flood of Gwystyl’s pleading and moaning followed, but the dwarf paid it no heed, and began to carry out his threat. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They all plead ignorance and beg for mercy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If he were a girl, maybe he would have pleaded or whined more. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But Justice pleaded with him, saying it had simply been an oversight, and that the regent had already posted a letter about me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire drive I plead with God to let DeVante be okay. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She has a pleading look on her face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “We have already come this far. Give yourself a chance to believe once more,” she pleaded. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was my pathetic look and pleading voice that stirred the queen’s mercy, for she called to Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For a year he had practically pleaded for a match on any terms, but Riddle remained uninterested. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If she went to him and pleaded for mercy, she was certain he'd listen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I will never—" My sister catches my pleading look and stops with a sigh. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was blurry and oversaturated, but I could make out the shape of a young man on a gurney pleading for his life with a bright red biohazard sign imprinted on his hospital gown. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As a result, judges are not required to inform criminal defendants of some of the most important rights they are forfeiting when they plead guilty to a felony. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z King’s advisors argued and pleaded with him, but he was done soul-searching. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She had had no legal help; because of defects in her pleadings and the allegations she made in her complaint, we could secure only a small settlement judgment for her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He patted her cheek and turned away from her wide, dark, pleading, hollow eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The letters came later, from the Cigrands, Williamses, Smythes, and untold others, addressed to that strange gloomy castle at Sixty-third and Wallace, pleading for the whereabouts of daughters and daughters’ children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Of course I was crushed, but I knew better than to say anything or try to plead with Coach. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Zola looks at me so pleading and begging. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Both pleaded for their absent spouses— "Emergency operation," "My wife doesn't even speak English"— to no avail. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Only by the most special pleading could I imagine the polynucleotide backbone bending enough to accommodate irregular base sequences. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z My lawyer raised his arms and pleaded guilty, but with an explanation. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Now Jaime’s brother stood before him, staring at him with the guilty, pleading look he had used so many times to enlist his affection. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what he was saying, he knew what he was asking, but his voice—he was pleading. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Who has to jolly them along, coax them, plead with them? The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I pleaded with God not to let all the wild green bushes and grass surrounding me bring up my asthma and allergies. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But oh, my dear one,” he pleaded, “death is afar off from you.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There were no screams, no attempts to plead their way into the van. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A reproachful, fly-haunted face locks eyes with you from the doormat, pleading for you to sign up. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I put my heart into my eyes and plead with her silently. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Without raising his eyes, he could see her standing in the holy place, pleading the blood over those who sought there, her head thrown back, eyes shut, foot pounding the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Have mercy, great sir,” I pleaded, dropping to my knees in terror, for he seemed to know the awful truth of things. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In great pain, he pleaded with Cox for help. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that Walter's case record was complete, appeal pleadings would be due soon, and time was critical. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But Richards was driving harder, scratching and yelling and pleading for Rosemont to run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The tune, somehow, is immediately wrenching, its measures plead in near arpeggios, and like any good folk song it makes the voice of its singer sound lost, or forlorn, incomplete. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ekon held his brother’s gaze and locked on to that something, pleading. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Once arrested, defendants are generally denied meaningful legal representation and pressured to plead guilty whether they are or not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You’re dead,” he said, almost pleading for it to be true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Your court-appointed attorney urges you to plead guilty to a drug distribution charge, saying the prosecutor has offered probation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They came into the dining room, Mrs. Trace and a woman pleading for a few curls ‘just here and here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually Dr. Swango pled guilty to four murders, but investigators believed he had committed many more. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Again he pleaded, “Please, take it out of me.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I catch a pleading look from Dad, who’s dying for me to say no. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Ritchie’s pleading with me, but I don’t let it get in the way. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Dede would start by pleading, then arguing with Minerva to be reasonable, to stay home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Union leaders called my home and warned me against any contact with my former editors, many of whom were my friends, telling me to hang up if they tried to call and plead their case. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Stating that he witnessed three other black people, including two women, also beaten, Francis said, “Before I became unconscious, I could hear them pleading with the Lord to keep them from being killed.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I remember planning how I would plead with the Inspector when the next examination came. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad, his eyes pleading, his voice calm, says, “Isabella, please take my hand. Please.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z They ran down the street, knocking and pleading. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “He got paid either way, so I’m not sure it mattered. He seemed completely biased against Marcus. He wanted him to plead guilty, and take a deal, but Marcus refused.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I begged and pleaded and promised them I’d do the dishes every single night for the rest of my life, but they still didn’t change their minds. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Help me saddle a horse," Arya pleaded, reaching back into the chest, groping for Needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I can hear the pleading creeping into my voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A woman with two seven-year-old boys pleaded with the officer, telling him that she needed the money to feed her boys in Conakry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But Chandra kept pleading, and finally, after we promised to wear our oldest clothes, we were allowed to go. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You, Jam, begging for the life of a monster, pleading a plea to the hunter.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They struggled like this, the girl hanging on, pleading, Rasheed trying to shake her off, keeping his eyes on Mariam, who was too stunned to do anything. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “But, Mom,” I pleaded, “we only have six kids to begin with.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Someone who will not plead, or explain, or think he can alter my design with entreaties, because he alone really knows how I operate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She never even got to stand in court and plead that she was not guilty. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Don’t take it so much amiss, sir,” pleaded the keeper to the angry passenger; “I’ll sit next you myself. I’ll put ’em on the outside of the row. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Bible say what so e’er the Lord hath brought together, let no man put asunder— Matthew Twenty-one: Two. We was bony fide and legal wed, suh,” she pleaded. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Hale’s lawyers now asked Ernest if he’d pleaded guilty to murdering his wife’s sister by blowing up her house while she was inside. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “No, Master,” pleaded one of those from the cabin—clearly a black man speaking to whites. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When?—the last “when” blown into three pleading notes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Tristran looked at her with pleading eyes, but Yvaine shook her head: this was his fight to win, and he would fight it better if she were not there. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She kept hanging around outside the fences, pleading to be let back in, but no one let her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It pleaded only for help, wanting nothing more than a worm brought by its mother. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He had no reason to think she would help him, but he stood up and made ready to plead with her again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Please,” the grandmother pleads, her bony fingers dragging the snot from her nose onto her cheeks, “please give me some medicine. It hurts very much.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m pleading and crying at the same time. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Will no one stop that man?” an anguished Major Rathbone again pleaded to the crowd below. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A family once brought in an unconscious young man pleading with my mother to help him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Even as I say it, I can hear the pleading in my voice, and I hate myself for it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Moss spooned out a fishy mixture, I pleaded as cutely as possible, “May I pretty please have a bowl of cereal instead?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z All I could do was protect my face and plead for him to stop. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I must go & speak to him,” he pleaded. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘In Delos, Leo pulled the two of us aside. He pleaded with us to help him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Trust me,” he pleaded, his soft voice overwhelming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mama kept pleading with Minerva to come home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” she pleaded, staring at us with urgent eyes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z With all the energy and love I could offer from my being, I pulled alongside the head priest, pleading for Inti to rise and join us in another year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I hear his dull thuds on the metal as he pleads to get out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She made a pleading face for me to be nice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! Don’t cut my throat, sir,” I pleaded in terror. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tlease don’t blame me,” he pleaded with a look of anxious integrity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He cast a pleading look at Prosper, who avoided his eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He took her elbow, but she wrenched her arm free and walked on, outwardly unmoved by his pleading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She pleaded the excuse of her baby, whom she must rush home to feed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Ignatius, come in here like a good boy,” Mrs. Reilly pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Women were openly weeping now, pleading for him not to go. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As suddenly as an old dog drops a shoe when he smells raw meat, Macon Dead dropped his pleading look and flared his nostrils with some new interest. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Girls, listen to me,” I pleaded, holding onto the reins and standing my ground. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I put my palms together, pleading, and smiled hopefully. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Please, Alby,” Ben pleaded, his shaky voice so pathetic that Thomas couldn’t believe it was the same guy who’d tried to bite his throat off the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Amidst these alarums, Will pleaded still with men around us to take him back out to the island; that John could be saved; that they had come so far together, he could not leave him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Captain,” I pleaded, “can you offer me any hope?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Chou, let’s move into the middle of the crowd,” I plead with her as I grab her hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few looked stiffly into the boy’s almost pleading face and just said, “No.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The gesture of pleading, the caption had read. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “If you don’t want to lose more of your people, we must try,” I pleaded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In a normal year, I’d be begging and pleading to go in late with a note of excuse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Horace had two wives and six children and over a period of years he had managed through pleading and persuasion to build a grocery debt second to none in Monterey. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pleaded with my classmates—my friends—to back me up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “How does the defendant plead?” he asked when Reggie’s case came up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dancing like schoolboys, Bull and Virgil went from one boy to the other as though touching bases, pleading with them to rise and fight again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Accused number one, Nelson Mandela, do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always pictured a troupe of burly men with long black moustaches who would tumble her into a blanket and bear her off like a sack of potatoes while she pleaded for mercy. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The little graveyards, with handmade crosses and sometimes a stone marker pleading for remembrance in careful block letters, never stood a chance. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Several members of Washington’s staff, including Hamilton, pleaded that Andre’s life be spared because of his exceptional character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And the Megan part practically gave me an aneurysm when she put her ginger-lotion hand on my arm and said, with pleading and helpless eyes, “Will you help me, Ryan Dean? Please?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Will you allow Mercy to keep the shawl?” she pleaded. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The boys in gold—the team from Warner Robins, Georgia, who would advance if the Fugees lost their lead—pleaded with the Fire to score one more. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Princess Elia of Dome pleading for mercy as Rhaegar's heir was ripped from her breast and murdered before her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But why did Grandma have to behave as though she was praying to God when pleading with them? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My head bowed, I listened to him plead with Master Williams. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Footage of Bebe Chow holding a picture of May Ling at one month old, pleading for her baby back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There is not a trace of pleading in her voice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All those years of running from city to city one step ahead of the Usurper's knives, pleading for help from archons and princes and magisters, buying our food with flattery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Besides, my father usually gave in to us if we pleaded enough. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When she was Shirley’s age, she had pleaded with her father for permission to take piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Can one plead temporary insanity in a case like this? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Lennie pleaded, “Come on, George. Tell me. Please, George. Like you done before.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I can remember us back in the Juniors, pleading with guardians to hold the next lesson in the pavilion instead of the usual room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The two girls looked at Stella’s mother with pleading eyes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Panic flashed across his face and then it settled into a look of soft, practiced pleading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He wanted to plead his friend’s case, explain the extenuating circumstances. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His pleading look slowly disappears, replaced by a blank stare. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Sisulu: ‘The government is responsible for what has happened in this country. I plead not guilty.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Who shall hold her accountable, given these tumults, for pleading her belly to delay the fall of the terrible sentence? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He wore jeans and a T-shirt, and with his brooding expression he looked almost human—like the younger version of Luke I’d seen in the vision, pleading with Hermes to tell him his fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z During the last few days of April, Mother Lois had humbled herself to make several trips to North Little Rock’s school headquarters to plead for her job, but they had refused to reinstate her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The father, still on his knees, lowered his head to the ground, banged his forehead on the dirt, and also pleaded with the soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I provoked her by pleading, “Send me anywhere, somewhere, a rehab of some sort. Anywhere that isn’t here.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z An editorial pleaded for the exercise of common sense as Wilson moved to declare war; another celebrated the recent extension of ferry service to the leeward side of the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed to be pleading for me to understand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He wept and pleaded but the crow had no pity. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Eventually, when Bitter’s and Aloe’s sounds became tired, pleading even, Pet stirred, but only to fade. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I rose and said, “My Lord, it is not I, but the government that should be in the dock. I plead not guilty.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes plead with me to understand, but I recognize his tone—it’s the one he employed when we were younger, to scold me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My trip to Chicago to plead his case took on greater significance than ever. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was pleading: “My son, water. . . I’m burning up . . . My insides . . .” “Silence over there!” barked the officer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But the person kept banging and pleading with me to let them in and I thought I dimly recognized the voice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Shortly after I published my first autobiographical essay seven years ago, my mother wrote me a letter pleading with me never again to write about our family life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was willing to bargain and plead with God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was anger in his voice, but she could hear something else, too, a kind of pleading. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Whistles blew, both benches emptied, coaches sprinted to the floor, Mr. Dacus wrestled Jim Don Cooper to the court, and the man on the P.A. system pleaded for the fans to remain in their seats. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The ladies’ eyes studied the sign, the earring, die scarf, the cutlass, and pleaded for him to move along. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But she didn’t move. Dad was already dead, but she didn’t want me to go too. She tried to plead with Voldemort...but he just laughed...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If only I could plead to a packed auditorium, then, just maybe... Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When the nurse returned, he pleaded with her to sneak him a beer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I cry myself back to sleep, wishing, pleading, praying that I’ll wake up from this, but the same nightmare always awaits me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z His lords pleaded with him to build inland; his priests told him he must placate the gods by giving Elenei back to the sea; even his smallfolk begged him to relent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A tall man in a gray beard was pleading with Lee to let them attack again. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I beg and plead and tell her how much I want to go to college, how this will be a great opportunity, how I need this for my emotional and intellectual development. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Powell tried to put a note of pleading into his voice, and found it didn’t take much acting. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Please, let me sleep on the sofa in the front room,” I pleaded. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I winked at Ji-yun, and we both threw ourselves into her arms, begging and pleading. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted them to be happy, if only for a while,” he pleaded. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z If he pleaded guilty, or admitted something he and others had convinced him he hadn’t done, or couldn’t be proved, he’d again put his mission in jeopardy, he’d risk letting down his family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His leg stops jiggling, and he draws in a deep pleading breath. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Then I left him pottering about in the library and went off to plead my case before Mother, to no avail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “No, stay,” he pleaded as I began to pull away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Finally Lyra had to plead with them to hold back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All day Zeitoun made it his business to sit by the bars, waving a napkin, pleading with the guards to grant him a call. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Minya,” she pleaded, “so long as no one’s died, there’s hope of finding some other way.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Ma,” my arms reach out to her, pleading with her to take me into her arms and tell me I can stay. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not safe in the town. It’s better out on the canal where no one can hurt you,” pleaded the old man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If the patrols appeared he might plead an attack of faintness, but it was not likely that they would believe him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He waved his paws, pleading for the joking to stop, as he rolled about on the floor, exploding from bouts of giggling to fits of laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I remained mute and pleaded my exhaustion and lack of sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I sound like I am pleading with her, but I can’t help it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But I hadn’t lain nearby and smelled their sweat or heard them pleading and praying, shamed before their families and themselves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Not a helpless or pleading child, but a petulant one, the type of tough boy who’s known too little love and is quick to blame others for his mistakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes’s lawyer pleaded that the biggest mistake his client made was going to Philadelphia with his brother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z No amount of pleading from Prim seemed to affect her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Kaz leaned in so that no one else could hear it when he said, “My Wraith would counsel mercy. But thanks to you, she’s not here to plead your case.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Girl's voice becomes more pleading, even urgent. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Her eyes were tearful, but they no longer seemed pleading. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The next day he writes again, once more pleading his case about his love for Sien. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I felt cold with the look of helpless pleading I saw in them. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The judge could go for the death penalty if they plead not guilty. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a few days the State submitted a peculiar pleading to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I pleaded with my eyes for Mrs. Baxter to get off the phone. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine demurred, pointing out that they hadn’t yet finished their dinners, but the children pleaded with her until she relented. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You shall have time to plead for your client!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Everything about her was pleading with me to let it all go. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "Lev, we have to get out of here," I plead, clutching his coat. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He tried again, crying and pleading, begging, sobbing, and Lord Asriel took no notice except to knock him to the ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The terror and pleading of little girls and boys old enough to understand what was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even though the FBI needed Dasch to plead guilty to keep everything a secret, it ultimately wasn't going to matter. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Soon after, he told the FBI that he wasn't going to lie and plead guilty. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On the morning of March 14 counsels for the defense again stood before Judge Tate, there on this occasion to plead for a postponement of the trial, which was then eight days distant. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Bradford begged to make a phone call, pleaded for just one more day, but of course, those things were not granted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He will often crave company, demand help, plead for both. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Walter White pushed his way to a microphone and pleaded with the crowd not to create a panic. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z As the emotional conversation drew to a close, Lawrence pleaded with Alvarez to follow his lead for the good of the lab and refuse to testify. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I pleaded for them to move into one of the guest bedrooms upstairs, but Hassan would hear nothing of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite her mother’s pleadings and warnings, she went to see her father. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The Old Man of the Moon looked at us, our out-stretched cracking globe, and our pleading faces. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Hopefully, she'd know that he was pleading because it would make his mom happy, not because he thought there was anything wrong with her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I found Old Dan lying on his side, pleading for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a frost glazed the ground—winter came; relentlessly, the dog pleaded to be set free; unflaggingly, Cleofes persevered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Conrad and I pleaded with them for new crayons or toys from the five-and-dime, they said we needed to control our wants because God would take care of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even when we pleaded for their assistance, they did nothing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Saints, please let that be Jesper,” she pleaded as they pulled themselves over the lip of the gorge and looked back at the bridge festooned with ribbons and ash boughs for Hringkalla. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My grandmother wrote letters pleading for them to come home, and they ignored her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pleaded a headache, which wasn’t a lie, since I did have one...on the inside! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He looked round with a haunted and pleading look in his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nor did he seem to hear Piper pleading. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He followed her, running to catch up, all the while chanting “Nomommynomommynomommy” the way kids plead to be spared the belt. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “No. Please don’t go,” Chou pleads with me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sandi, who had lost interest in pleading for a reasonable menu and had been fiddling with the ribbon in her hair, looked up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Try to think of it from their point of view, she said, her hands clasped and wrung together, her nervous pleading smile. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Let it go, a small voice inside of her pleaded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was eerie that the man had not shouted for help, or pleaded, or protested his innocence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A small South Asian man beside her, perhaps fifty years old, kept glancing over at her, his eyes pleading, while she pretended not to understand that he wanted her help. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He pleaded with those sea-green eyes, like a cute baby seal that needed help. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His lawyer came and advised him to plead the fifth amendment— no statement, no conviction. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We were finally formally arraigned and all thirty of us pleaded not guilty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Han pleaded with them to at least release Sunjin, since he was so young. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z You may even plead with them, by heaven! in gentle terms to quit their horseplay—not that they will heed you, rash as they are, facing their day of wrath. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was going; as she had explained to her husband, in manner of a messenger, to plead for his pardon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But Gold had had to plead with his boss to get time off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to plead with him not to say to anyone else what he had said to me—but I couldn’t; it would have been my own admission. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Tony was charged as the shooter and had avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to felony murder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z My brothers were pleading with my mother to take their pet chicks with them, and my cousin’s wife was in the kitchen crying. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His call to her mixed abiding love with a sense of desperation: “I never wanted your advice and assistance more in my life,” he pleaded. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I look her straight in the eye, pleading with her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The mothers ringed their sons around, whispering, pleading. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His eye looked down at his buried torso before fixing me with a pleading gaze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Poillon, concerned that Berkeley’s broad patent claims might provoke a messy interinstitutional fight, pleaded with Lawrence to narrow his claims to avoid controversy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Fadi could hear the echoes of her anguished wails as she pleaded to the other passengers to stop the truck, to go back to find her little Mariam. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It brought him a period of sexual release that seemed to last for hours, even though in fact the screams and pleading faded rather quickly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Take me,” her father pleaded on his knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That Sunday evening Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wired President Kennedy from Atlanta, telling him he was going to Birmingham to plead with blacks to remain nonviolent. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “But she might die!” she pleaded, blinking back tears. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of frustration over schedules, especially in the case of the evangelical lady who can never get Sunday morning off, no matter how much she pleads. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He clasped his hands and made pleading motions. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He came over to plead his case with Smith, who, arms crossed and with a small smile on his face, heard him out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the throes of labor she had also screamed liar and pleaded for her mother to help her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We had agreed not to plead in the traditional manner but to use the moment to show our disdain for the proceedings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you hurry up and spin before my brain explodes?” pleaded Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z White pleaded with the prisoners, saying, “I know you’re going to kill me. But don’t kill these two—they aren’t in it at all.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I pleaded as Edward accelerated much too quickly down the quiet street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked at Dimple, half pleading, half annoyed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He got down on his knees and pleaded but there was no answer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please, please, please," I pleaded, but Coach pushed past me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Overhead, fluorescent lights sputtered in their tubes, pleading to be replaced. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Don’t blame me, boss! he pleaded when he saw me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I plead with her to take me, as she slips into her blue silk shirt and maroon sarong. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear to God I didn’t steal it, sir,” the chaplain pleaded with distress, almost in tears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Ekon looked up, and though one side of his face was still obscured in shadow, the other side was pleading. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When I am among the others hoping and waiting, I imagine I can hear each pleading voice, loud as a chorus: Give me a chance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He would be told that, if he pleads guilty to a felony, he will be deemed “unfit” for jury service and automatically excluded from juries for the rest of his life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was practically pleading with me to ask someone. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Though I’m not speaking, I’m pleading, Teach me how to fence. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Please hold it down, Ma! I hear you just fine,” Wes pleaded, feeling his head begin to pound again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z These outbursts forced Bradbury into a repetitive routine of pleading with Teller to stay and persuading him that he was loved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There is a pleading in my head, echoing so loud I think all of Grafton can hear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then my brother changed his manner and began to plead with me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He tried to plead his case to the police officer as he closed the second cuff on Wes’s eight- year-old wrists. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Fifty yards away he lay in the surf pleading in a soft voice for help. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now add one again. Now add one again. Now add one again. Now add one again. Now add one again. Now add one again. Now add—” “But when can I stop?” pleaded Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z People came to him in dread, whispered in dread, wept and pleaded in dread. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She pleaded with the villainess; told her how much she needed the job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was disgust and fear, yes, as Sarai passed them by, but mostly what she saw in them was pleading. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They both screamed and cried, pleading with Doreen to explain what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Or maybe pleading with Minya to release him from his torment.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I plead with my mom about the rule, but she refuses to budge. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her orders, her pleading, and finally her frantic realization, stab at me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Then, for one- half a second, Miss Skeeter glance at me, see the pleading in my eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It entailed Reggie pleading to two counts of negligent homicide, both class A misdemeanors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Ethan,” I pleaded, “don’t listen to them. Help me destroy it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She leaned over the wall and pleaded with him to set her free. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you come with me to the Fair Grounds and lay your eggs there?” pleaded Wilbur. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She pleaded with everyone to come together and to volunteer to clean up the neighborhoods and help restore the Negro businesses that had been destroyed. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everyone teases him except his mother, who pleads patiently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, get me out of here,” the little sailor pleaded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at her, pleading with her to stay. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sweet, kind Anna went to the director and pleaded with him to stop the teasing. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There were many phone calls about our placement, and Adele pleaded with the authorities not to move us before the holidays. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Regardless, she also believed that this whole thing, the entire deadly affair, was about to reach some kind of closure: Reggie was going to plead guilty, of course, she thought. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He hits me in the back with the whiskey bottle, pleads, Will you not watch one hour with me? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They pleaded for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even G.’s pleading glances and my angry outbursts can’t calm them down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Dorian,” the cowboy pleaded in a lyric soprano. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes continued to plead his case as the police read him his rights. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Alter,” Mrs. Brenner pleaded from the other side of the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The fire left his eyes, and they turned pleading. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Its bare dead eyes gaped out of its head, pleading for mercy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What the hell are you talking about ?” he pleaded in incipient panic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Please, sailor. Help me,” they would plead as I walked by. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The practice of encouraging defendants to plead guilty to crimes, rather than affording them the benefit of a full trial, has always carried its risks and downsides. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “If you had seen what I saw on that mountain,” I pleaded with him, weeping all over again for that dead boy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say something, Ignatius,” his mother pleaded, turning around just in time to see Ignatius stick his head out of a window and vomit down the side of the dented car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he cried as he described his guilt, and pleaded with them not to “become like me.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A judge eventually dismisses all cases against the defendants who did not plead guilty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “What did I do, man? I didn’t do anything wrong,” Wes pleaded with the cop who was reaching over to cuff him while the rest kept their weapons on him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Some knelt and pleaded with God to stop the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z After pleading for so long to get a dog, we didn’t want to wait even one more day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At the sight of Stannis, two of the men bound to the stakes began to plead for mercy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Each of the accused suggested that it was the government that was criminal before pleading not guilty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To the many injured who do return to Central America, the hospital social worker pleads, “Tell other people there not to travel this way.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "Please," she pleaded with her mother, "let me go to the other school!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Just go along with us this one time,” Mate pleaded with me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Asking for help was a simple con job, but he hadn’t liked the idea of pleading guilty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She pleaded so hard, and looked so little and pretty and spunky, that he gave in at last. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my hands up in prayer and do a silent plead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Please, I want me mum,” the tyke pleaded. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted herself up on an elbow, pleading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He’d pleaded with his mom earlier in the week for an upgrade to his wardrobe. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Just to keep his word, I suppose, Farmer still pleaded Joe’s case, not expecting to win the argument. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I pled, “There is no word of their sovereign family? Or a raid made upon the royal house of the Egba?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Embarrassed, her son-in-law pleaded and yelled by turns for her to stop her warnings, but the old woman did not. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Ibtihaj, you are funny. All of this begging and pleading, and you’re talking about girls having to sleep in the basement.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I tried to get her to look at me, to see me pleading with her. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected Aurelia to show her girlish weakness by pleading like this for any of the participants, and certainly not for mere disposable animals. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘Eurymachus, you whining coward. You never stood a chance with Penelope. I remember you blubbering and pleading for your life with Odysseus, blaming everything on me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ama wished she could shut her ears: the gulping, crying, coughing, sobbing, pleading, retching was almost too much to bear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After a final pleading look, Runt took the toy in his mouth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Hello? it said again, and then in a pleading tone: Whoever you are, please say something. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The upheavals of the war deprived Kepler of much of his financial support, and the end of his life was spent fitfully, pleading for money and sponsors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After much pleading and promises of reform he succeeded in getting her to come home and he abandoned his concubine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z An hour after the lights went out, disdaining Mammachi’s frightened pleading, little Ammu crept back into the house through a ventilator to rescue her new gumboots that she loved more than anything else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “At least bring a guard with you,” Stanton pleads, once it becomes obvious that Lincoln will not be dissuaded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me a story about when you were little,” Ruby pleads. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey turned to me with a pleading look. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So, all things considered, it was wonderful getting over to Mr. Pignati’s for a little dash of wine every day “Please don’t bring anything,” the Pigman always pleaded. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It was Mandana who begged and pleaded with her to carry my mom to term. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z |
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