Use of penitent in Sentences. 27 Examples

The examples include penitent at the start of sentence, penitent at the end of sentence and penitent in the middle of sentence

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penitent at the end of sentence


  1. She is deeply penitent.
  2. Phil was trying hard to look penitent.
  3. It was hard to be angry with him when he looked so penitent.
  4. Exomologesis was a ritual of recognizing oneself as a sinner and a penitent.
  5. And he had a notorious asperity for which he was afterwards sometimes penitent.

penitent in the middle of sentence


  1. Those who were penitent obtained absolution.
  2. "I'm sorry, " she said with a penitent smile.
  3. In such frame of mind sinners come to the penitent form.
  4. PLAYER . Hostile . Signs say No. Never penitent . Unwelcome.
  5. I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed.
  6. Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.
  7. Think penitent ... and in less capable hands, downright dull.
  8. They all appeared very penitent, and begged hard for their lives.
  9. After watching a few more penitent men pass by I was ready to leave.
  10. And to a penitent soldier a crusade was even better than an unarmed pilgrimage.
  11. The penitent boy turned his back on the unhappy past and began a new existence.
  12. Draco came to him like a penitent child, though it was not forgiveness he begged.
  13. First, you were penitent for four to ten years, and this status affected your life.
  14. He'd have liked to have seen Gina reading one of their notes with a penitent expression.
  15. But Gao Jinjiao was rocking back and forth, bumping against the tree like a penitent little boy.
  16. But the short version points to a promise of progress in experience beyond the stage of penitent sorrow.
  17. He inherited a regular staff meeting and was penitent that he had never invented such a meeting in Durham.
  18. Recognition also designates the entire process that the penitent experiences in this status over the years.
  19. And no penitent in a confessional could have unburdened herself more pathetically than did my Maman that afternoon.
  20. He became so identified with us that he was the perfect penitent and made the perfect confession to the Father for us.
  21. There are various Pelagias who are known as penitent harlots or virgin martyrs who died to escape a fate worse than death.
  22. The penitent hope their red-faced admissions of guilt will bring absolution, but can saying sorry really be enough to restore their credibility?

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abstinence -
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The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol).