repentance

Example Sentences

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So that ashen cross proves an appropriate start to Lent’s season of repentance: a time to get things right in your life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Full reconciliation with someone who has wronged us is conditional on his repentance, his reform and his making restitution if necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In the meantime, this aggressively revisionist supermarket, as indicated in Butler’s novel, has become part pharmacy, part a site of repentance for past consumption.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

The race is held the day before the start of Lent, the Christian period of repentance and sacrifice before Easter.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

No, Pastor Ted was thinking mega-overhaul—mind, body, soul—deliverance, repentance, immersion.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx