How to pronounce pleads
Listen to pleads in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pleads” in real sentences
51 clips in the index · 9 American · 24 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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only continue where an accused pleads guilty before the first diet.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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You can't plead the fifth anymore, nobody pleads the fifth.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Despite all this, Scott Roeder pleads not guilty to first-degree murder.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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yaz recently described her style as a mad old woman look mum pleads with her to
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pleads. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.