"You are too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce," asserted the Colonel. "Authority, coercion are what is needed. Put your foot down good and hard; the only way to manage a wife. Take my word for it."英文原著 · 《Awakening & Selected Short Stories》
"Can't you guess, dear?" said she, tenderly--"our misconduct." Then she put her head on his shoulder, as much as to say, "But we have a more lenient judge here."英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"You are too lenient to the child, madame," spoke Barbara. "I don't think you ever would punish her at all. But when she commits faults, they must be corrected."英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
There are, as I have said, great qualities in the curate of Poltons, but I have not quite made up my mind precisely what they are. I ought, however, to say that Dora takes a more favorable view of him and a less lenient view of Trix than I.英文原著 · 《Frivolous Cupid》
"CAPTAIN HALL--'HIS worst failure was in natural and experimental philosophy, which embraces the higher mathematics, dynamics, optics, mechanics, and other studies. He missed a very simple question in optics, and the examiners, who were extremely lenient with him, chiefly, I believe, because he was colored and not white, tried him with another, which was also missed.'英文原著 · 《Henry Ossian Flipper》
It is not the policy of the Library Board to enforce any strict rules as to quiet in the rooms. Rules are very lenient and the enforcement more by inference than in any other way. An attendant if she has the requisite personality, may, simply by her manner ensure quiet and orderly conduct, at least that has been our experience during the past year.英文原著 · 《Library Work with Children》
One more thing, Colonel Mariga-- Do you and I have a deal for you to testify in exchange for a more lenient sentence?美剧 · 《Suits》
Look, Penny, I wish I could be more lenient with you, But since you've become a permanent member of our social group, I have to hold you to the same standards as everybody else.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
Natalie Flores has become a flashpoint for Illinois illegal alien policy, which some have decried as the most lenient in the nation.美剧 · 《The Good Wife》