Sentence examples for we plead to from inspiring English sources

Their gripe was this: that the gay-rights movement has failed because its once-revolutionary goals have been abandoned for an apologetic conformism in which we plead to xerox the life of the suburban heterosexual.

We plead to the government to no longer deprive Salim of his freedom, and are cautiously optimistic that he will soon be reunited with his mother, wife and children.

We pleaded to be given a house on the Lansbury Estate but were refused.

"If the Foundation cannot do this on our own we would plead to other bidders who, perhaps, can't quite do it on their own as well to come and talk to us and see if we can do it together".

Because they are as they are and ultimately no one that we can plead to or blame, it becomes easier to let them go as becoming attached to them or claiming them as ours suddenly seems nonsensical.

"We ask and plead to Mr. President.

We had to argue with, plead to and placate every cop on the island for a while.

If tomorrow, the trees were removed from our urban landscapes, we would instantly notice, and plead to get the green giants back.

We had to argue with, plead to, and placate every cop on the island for a while, and they had all sorts of insane charges--including "reckless endangerment --that thendangerment --that to lay down.

"We plead guilty to the charge of trying to be paternalistic," the authors write.

We plead guilty to using an unexpected word to avoid tedium or for ironic effect.