Sentence examples for themselves pleaded from inspiring English sources

Once, during the Austrian State Treaty negotiations, he refused to compromise on some minor points, even though the Austrians themselves pleaded with him to do so for fear the Soviets would walk out.

But the children themselves plead innocent: they know what crimes they have been accused of but not why.

The automakers found themselves pleading for survival in an environment that seemed inclined to let them fail.

He reports how the three terrorists who survived the firefight "clung to the trousers of German policemen, wetting themselves, pleading not to be executed".

After his comments caused a stir, Mr. South swiftly took pains to say that Mr. Gore would still win, but his point was not lost on Republicans, who for the last two elections have found themselves pleading with their national party for a serious effort in a state that former President George Bush's aides publicly abandoned in 1992 and where Bob Dole made a desperate last-minute push in 1996.

He asked reporters to "contain themselves," and pleaded with them to give the police "a sense of privacy".

The parents, David Maldonado and Luz Arroyo, had maintained their innocence ever since the boys died, but on Wednesday they reversed themselves and pleaded guilty after prosecutors agreed to drop drug-possession charges against them.

Because they want to get out of detention as quickly as possible, defendants often choose to represent themselves and plead their cases without presenting any evidence or even reading the government's case.

A1 Refunding Lobbyist's Money President Bush and senior Republican lawmakers moved to dump thousands of dollars in campaign donations from Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist, hastily distancing themselves as he pleaded guilty to two more criminal counts under his agreement with prosecutors.

The Dissenters found themselves forced to plead ignorance and decry the "radical" ideas promoted by the handbill.

And if they can't recognize the humanity in us that they take for granted in themselves, as they plead for understanding of their fears and their actions when these killings happen, how can they be expected to truly serve and protect us?