לדלג לתוכן הראשי

adjective

lenient

more merciful or tolerant than expected

In a sentence

Six example sentences with lenient, each labelled with its topic.

  • The sentence was unusually lenient, community service and a fine, where the guidelines pointed toward eighteen months.

    Law

  • The easy difficulty is lenient about mistakes, restoring your health bar whenever you stand still for a moment.

    Gaming

  • Parents who are lenient about bedtime but firm about homework confuse children less than researchers once assumed.

    Psychology

  • The referees were lenient all night, letting hand checks go that would have been fouls in the playoffs.

    Basketball

  • The bank's lenient repayment terms let the bakery skip two installments after the flood without any penalty.

    Finance

  • The customs officer was lenient about our overweight bags, waving us through with a warning instead of a fee.

    Travel

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