atonement

Example Sentences

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The novel explores themes of ancestral sin and atonement against the backdrop of the forests, which stand as silent witnesses to human crimes enacted on a global scale.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

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

No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan