How to Use plea in a Sentence

plea

noun

• The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
• We are making a plea to all companies to stop polluting the environment.
• The new charges may place more pressure on him to reach a plea deal.
  — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• But the plea deal came apart at the last minute, during a court hearing in July.
  — Michael S. Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• The 28-year-old artist entered his plea in a British court on Thursday (June 15).
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 June 2023
• Richard LeBaron was sentenced to five years behind bars in a plea deal.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• The three misdemeanors were dropped as part of his plea agreement.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
• Judge Tom Heekin imposed a sentence that had been agreed upon as part of the plea.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• The last-minute plea deal was struck just before his trial was to begin.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 June 2023
• The defense did not say why Joly decided to change his plea.
  — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• And yet, despite pleas from fans, Peppermint hasn’t been back to the franchise since.
  — Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• The records also do not indicate whether the men have entered pleas.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• Smith switched his plea to guilty that November, and Shah did the same at a hearing in July 2022.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
• Reyes has pleaded not guilty, while Huerta has yet to enter a plea.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• The tribe was joined in their plea by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and archaeologists.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
• Zhao has separately agreed to pay a $50 million fine as part of his plea deal.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Caruso went to jail for a year and was on probation until 1970, when his plea was changed to not guilty and the case was dismissed.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Bundy avoided the death sentence by agreeing to testify against Clark as part of a plea deal.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Tribes and water:Their pleas for water were long ignored.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2024
• As part of the plea agreement, Heinrich pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• The guilty pleas completed something of a one-two punch by the Justice Department.
  — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• Angelini sold the pills for $100 and an eighth of an ounce of cocaine, according to his plea agreement.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Weiss has argued to the court that neither the plea deal nor the diversion agreement is still in effect because the court did not OK it.
  — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2023
• Minot’s guilty plea came on the same day he was scheduled to have his preliminary hearing.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The plea agreements came in conjunction with a settlement of a civil case Greene filed.
  — Brett Martel, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• Lee has not yet entered a plea, according to online court records.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 19 June 2023
• Despite pleas from fans, Goldstein said season 3 would be its last.
  — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Halls was charged with negligent use of a deadly weapon and sentenced to six months probation, as part of a plea deal, in March 2023.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• Cox’s pleas for help were mocked and dismissed; that was captured on video, and public outrage ensued.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
• In exchange for the guilty plea, six other felony charges against Sandifer were dismissed Friday.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024