repentant

Example Sentences

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Marcin, initially as malignant as Hook and as blinkered as Torvald, eventually grows as repentant and noble as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will co-star a certain native of Toruń as Titania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Others note that it’s never the repentant Grinch who marauds through schools and holiday parades or blows up on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Thanh portrays himself as a repentant figure who now regrets his life of crime and wants to speak out to prevent other Vietnamese people from making the same mistakes.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

Stories range from the title piece, about the death of his mother; to an account of a filmmaker in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend to the tale of a repentant vampire.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

“Okay, Yossarian,” she answered with a soft repentant laugh.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller