plead
verb (used without object)
to appeal or entreat earnestly.
had pled
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past perfectof plead.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Lord Harrower said if Patrick had pled not guilty and the case had gone to trial then the sentence would have been 12 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Following in the footsteps of former White House counsel John Dean and other White House aides and campaign officials who already had pled guilty, Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman eventually were convicted and went to prison.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2022
“Hopefully the authorities will reunite you with your family as soon as possible,” he told Villata, before the defendant, who had pled guilty and was sentenced to time served, was led out of court.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2018
Ten years before that, Rowland had pled guilty to corruption charges arising from his tenure as the governor of Connecticut.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018
Then Patsie brokenly had told her part, how she had pled with her mother and sought in vain to place before her the true seriousness of the situation, her father's peril and his instant need.
From Making Money by Owen Johnson
