Sentence examples for try to pardon from inspiring English sources

"Now, all the cynics out there might look and say, that was a neat idea to try to pardon 49,000 lives during Oscar season," Weinstein wrote in a column for the trade Web site Deadline.

Who knows, maybe he'll even try to pardon himself.

I just want someone who can be down to earth and try to make a difference instead of, pardon my language, pussyfooting around.

As the end of his term approached, Medvedev did try to make a grand gesture: he pardoned Sergei Mokhnatkin, who had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after an altercation with a policeman on December 31 , 2009

During the press run, Mr. Clinton's office asked that the reference to "applications" be changed to "the case for the pardons" to try to clarify Mr. Clinton's point.

I will not try to impede your work with pardons, firings or changes in personnel at the Justice Department.

Instead, say "pardon me" or excuse me" and try to weave your way past people instead.

Pardon me as I try to avoid that anvil.

If it happens by accident, just say "Excuse me," or "Pardon me," but don't try to do this if you want to impress your friends or make your guy friends laugh.

There had been speculation earlier that Mr. Khodorkovsky might try to cut a deal in exchange for leniency or a pardon, though on Tuesday he denied that he would ever be prepared to do this.

Once you grant the pardon, I think that would help his apologists to try to rewrite history and see the conviction as not legitimate".