contriteness

Example Sentences

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Brown, who has filed grievances attempting to force the Raiders and Patriots to pay him about $40 million, seems to now hope that his latest contriteness will lead to another shot in the NFL.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019

Goodell said he was satisfied with Rice’s contriteness.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2014

On both programs, he fended off his inquisitors with elliptical candor, contriteness and stock answers that sometimes strained credibility.

From Time Magazine Archive

He brought it off, the image of contriteness, the best he could— throughout the harshly trying next several weeks.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

"Salvation is in contriteness," the monk went on, for that was what the sly scoundrel had invented.

From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by Le Queux, William