shrive

Example Sentences

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"We went to bed as a normal family that shrove Tuesday, but woke up to our world having been devastated."

From BBC

Is it getting ready for our return to a shriven world, sadder, smaller but somehow more pure than before?

From Washington Post

Other events include a 5K fun run, races for all ages, and a shriving service, which is the religious component of the holiday, according to race organizers.

From Seattle Times

The force said the word shrove is the past tense of shrive - confession before Lent - so it felt appropriate.

From BBC

Then I grab the lever, record myself with a manly fling, and walk out, shriven, to go to work.

From The New Yorker