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Angelo, dear, she said in repentant tone; I am sorry I pained you this afternoon; but I am jealous, so jealous of you.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
On hearing this repentant cry, Madame Bastien reproached herself for her tears.
What saint, or repentant sinner had dragged out his days here when this was a cell in a monastery?
THE LIGHT THAT LURESPERCY BREBNER
The alarm sound typifies the sorrow which a repentant man feels for his misconduct and his earnest determination to reform.
The last sound is the pure sound again, which typifies a sincere resolve to keep the repentant heart incorrupt.
Dying speech for death at hands of injured husband (repentant).
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILLGILBERT K. CHESTERTON
No, no; she was a repentant sinner seeking the grace of God.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY
In his mind's eye he had seen himself in the palace of his fathers with a nation repentant at his feet.
THE YEOMAN ADVENTURERGEORGE W. GOUGH
Knowing that the indignation of her mother was just, she meekly hung her head like a repentant sinner at the bar of justice.
FILE NO. 113EMILE GABORIAU
They found him sincerely affected and repentant; yet eager to hear that his mother was actually gone.
CAMILLAFANNY BURNEY
WORDS RELATED TO REPENTANT
- abashed
- apologetic
- bashful
- blushing
- chagrined
- compunctious
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- crestfallen
- debased
- demeaned
- disconcerted
- distraught
- distressed
- embarrassed
- flustered
- guilty
- hesitant
- humble
- humbled
- humiliated
- meek
- mortified
- muddled
- penitent
- regretful
- reluctant
- repentant
- shamed
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shy
- sorry
- stammering
- stuttering
- submissive
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.