Sentence examples for last plea for from inspiring English sources
Ms. de Wit, a 19-year-old theology student, then made one last plea for entry, describing how she had endured a weeklong bus ride from Sichuan Province to reach this corner of Qinghai.
And she remained an aggressive activist for the elderly long into her own 80s, bringing her wisdom just this week to a conference in Denver where she delivered her last plea for the cause that filled her life with meaning.
Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, a lifelong backer of the N.R.A. who also pushed for new restrictions in recent weeks, made one last plea for his amendment, which would extend background checks to Internet and gun show sales.
They argue that Mr. Cahill was denied a fair trial because a flood of news coverage in central New York prejudiced jurors against him, and they say he was wrongly denied the chance to make a last plea for mercy, as is permitted in some states.
One of Mr. Traficant's colleagues in the Ohio delegation, Representative Steven C. LaTourette, a Republican and former prosecutor, made a last plea for the House to delay its decision until September, after Mr. Traficant's expected sentencing next week and after courts could hear some of his legal motions seeking a new trial and other relief.
A brief recently submitted to the Court of Appeals by defense lawyers in the second case argues, for example, that people facing the death penalty in New York should have the right to make a last plea for mercy before jurors consider execution.
But it is also Goethe's last perfect metaphor: one final plea for illumination, from a writer who had spent all his life seeking it.
But really they're a last desperate plea for a train-track world in which men serve a useful function.
At the same time, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, gave a remorseful interview to CNN that sounded like a last, desperate plea for America not to attack, appealing more strongly than ever for evidence of Mr. bin Laden's culpability and suggesting circumstances in which the terrorist suspect could be handed over.
Just hours before Greece's international bailout expired on Tuesday, Tsipras made a last-ditch plea for debt relief, a bailout extension and a €29bn (£20bn) loan.
