atonement

Example Sentences

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Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

For all his personal failings, Bill Clinton has always clung to the promise of forgiveness and the process of atonement.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

He would release them, and shoulder the blame as atonement.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025

“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

“A good beginning for a Solidarity Service,” thought Bernard miserably, and foresaw for himself yet another failure to achieve atonement.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley