Sentence examples for not been lenient from inspiring English sources
Her illness must have come as a disappointment; life had not been lenient enough to let her keep her secret.
Judge Blackburn had already signaled that he would not be lenient in imposing a sentence.
"If corruption was found behind this, we must handle it according to law, and we will not be lenient," he said.
Assad said his country was facing a "real war," warning that he would not be lenient with the terrorists he blamed for the unrest.
He said his country was facing a "real war," and while he said his government remained open to dialogue, he warned he would not be lenient with the "terrorists" he blamed for the unrest.
For one thing, the Palestinians issued an unusually prompt and stern statement about the attack, warning that the Palestinian leadership "will not be lenient towards the parties that claimed responsibility for it, and will take all strictly legal measures to bring the perpetrators to justice".
The fact which the leaders of this group [Muslim Brotherhood] are hiding is that the arrest of the guide is considered the beginning of its end… This step carries the meaning and the message that the state will not be lenient towards terrorism and will not back down in confronting calls for extremism and violence, regardless of who is committing or inciting it.
And while it's been lenient enough not to kill most of us yet, the government spies on us every day with digital edifices that rival the Great Pyramid of Cheops.
In her emotional testimony in court, the 23-year-old victim slammed Turner and his family for casting blame for the assault on campus "party culture" and urging the judge not to be lenient simply because the defendant was a "star athlete at a prestigious university".
Officers have been "lenient" with parking tickets.
