Sentence examples for please meaning from inspiring English sources

There was a roaring in her ears, through which the female cop's voice penetrated, repeating what she'd said and adding, "Personal possessions, please," meaning that Lisette should bring her things with her.

Standby for details... .. "At one point during Michaele Salahi's appearance on The View on Wednesday, Whoopi lightly touched Ms. Salahi to get her attention and said to her 'Excuse me, can you get back to the White House, please?', meaning could Ms. Salahi return to the original subject of the conversation.

Israel, and thusly the US, are not pleased, meaning battle lines are being drawn in an ink that has a bit more permanence.

We have so many talented people there and I am forever sending one or several of them an email that begins "Please r&c," meaning "review and comment".

Tired of being poor, he set out to make art that would please the Salon, meaning art that would sell, like bourgeois portraits that doubled as genre scenes.

They have pointed out, for example, that when Lana pressed a series of coloured symbols on her keyboard, it was humans who interpreted her actions as the production of a sentence meaning "Please machine give Lana drink".

("Chuffed" is another British term, meaning pleased or happy).

The word gratitude comes from the Latin word gratia, meaning "favor" and gratis, meaning "pleasing".

One of Zaillian's key objectives was to revise the script by David Mamet until it pleased all parties, meaning the "love" story would need to be done by suggestion instead of by "assault".

One example is the phrase "dame dando haciendo" (give, giving, doing), meaning "please do this for me".

So if anyone knows how to make these things "work," whatever that ends up meaning, please let me know.