Sentence examples for straightforward pardon from inspiring English sources

Proposition 8 was a straightforward (pardon the pun) effort to conscript the authority of government to impose a particular religious belief about homosexuality and marriage on American citizens who do not share that belief.

"Pardon me.

Beg pardon?

Ooh, pardon!

"Can you pardon me?

"Pardon the pun".

"Beg pardon?" Emil said.

"We never pardon.

Will George Bush pardon Lewis Scooter Libbyby?

Where there is injury, pardon.

He did not pardon him.