plead
verb (used without object)
to appeal or entreat earnestly.
has been pleading
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present perfect progressiveof plead (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Disney, which has been pleading poverty lately, also has done pretty well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Kyiv has been pleading for months for hundreds of modern battle tanks to reinforce its battered Soviet-era fleet.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Jones has been pleading with Rolovich to consider the consequences of his decision.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
Some of Spears' fans believe she was forced into the arrangement and claim she has been pleading for help on social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2020
Yonder in the West a man has been pleading before courts, praying to God, thinking, and dreaming.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey
