Sentence examples for by pleading for from inspiring English sources

By pleading for the end to the devastating war in Yemen, he was telling us that Yemeni lives matter.

Mohamed Mohyi el-Din, a delegate in the assembly, opened the session by pleading for more time to try to reach consensus.

Fighting through trembles and slurrings caused by Parkinson's disease, the Pope electrified ranks of cardinals and bishops by pleading for a future that would not repeat the mistakes.

I tell her so in a backhanded way by pleading for an invite to the premier party of the film of The Believers.

By pleading for harmony, Rameau reaffirmed the first principle of French Classicism, namely, that conformity to rationally intelligible rules is a necessary condition of art, the aim of which is to impose order on the chaos of human experience.

At first, the U.S. government wasn't willing to share next-of-kin contact information with the Dutch, partly because it feared some adopters were trying to take advantage of the Americans by pleading for money, Roebroeks said.

To make the sample work this time around, Winans simply has to stay out of the way, which he does by pleading, feebly, for his lover to keep her indiscretions to herself.

Rates are now set by statutory formulas, and Congress is besieged by lobbyists pleading for bigger increases each year.

Video 'shows US hostage' In a separate development, an insurgent video distributed in Iraq and seen by Reuters today appeared to show a US citizen being held hostage by militants, pleading for his life as a gun was held to his head.

Another official said India responded this evening by merely pleading for more time, without directly addressing the Administration's concerns.

When helicopters have managed to land, they are often mobbed by villagers pleading for food and water, or to be evacuated.