Synonyms for pleading

Grammar : Adj

Spell : plee-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpli dɪŋ

Définition of pleading

Origin : late 13c., "the carrying on of a suit at court," verbal noun from plead (v.). Meaning "supplication, intercession" is from early 15c.

adj imploring

Example sentences :

"I want to go," she said at last, in answer to her hostess' pleading.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The man met her pleading eyes steadily, and shook his head in refusal.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

And, after all, what good could he do his cause by pleading it?
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

My letters of pleading, like my calls and telephone efforts, were still ignored.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

And all that time Leonora was defending her rival, and pleading her cause!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Lady Coryston had gone to bed, seeing no one, and pleading headache.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The sound of a voice, low, earnest and pleading, now and then reached his ear.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various

The thought is essentially that of mediation—one pleading for another.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

I could not drive the vision away—the lovely, pleading face, the penitence.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

He had followed her and was standing before her, pleading with her, but she would not look at him.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

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