Sentence examples for reduced to pleading from inspiring English sources

I was reduced to pleading.

America had been reduced to "pleading for cooperation" with Russia.

And regulators are routinely reduced to pleading with Congressional appropriators for chump change to carry out their duties.

Yesterday, at rallies in Buffalo, Rochester, Mineola and Manhattan, Mr. McCall was reduced to pleading for Democrats to vote in spite of it all.

Mr. Steinbrück, avoiding self-incriminating explanations for what went so wrong, or convincing plans for the future, has been reduced to pleading his good faith.

Sicilian art lovers, apart from restoring the Oratory itself, have been reduced to pleading with the pentito to reveal where the painting is, just as he physically showed Falcone where mafia bodies were buried.

A few dissenters struggled to raise their voices above the consensus but were reduced to unsuccessfully pleading for floor time.

Today the nation's capital still has no voting representation in Congress and is still a ward of the federal government, reduced to begging, pleading and cajoling for basic needs.

Mr Karzai, lacking any troops of his own or an international force, was this week reduced to having to plead with General Dostum and other warlords in the north to rein in their men, who have been accused of a series of attacks on Pushtuns, the main ethnic group in Afghanistan.

The politics of one of the most modern and complex cities of the world has been reduced to the special pleading and largess of a medieval city-state.

The felony assault charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, and after pleading not guilty Brown was released on his own recognizance.