atonement

Example Sentences

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The novel explores themes of ancestral sin and atonement against the backdrop of the forests, which stand as silent witnesses to human crimes enacted on a global scale.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal

For all his personal failings, Bill Clinton has always clung to the promise of forgiveness and the process of atonement.

From Salon

In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.

From Salon

“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.

From BBC