do penance

Example Sentences

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Alito carefully clipped out the words "she shall do penance for seven years" from the quotation, between "quick" and "as."

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2022

You must admit your failure to appreciate this orthodoxy and do penance, or you will not survive in the job.

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2020

I eat too much junk food and do penance with organic salad.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2015

Christians are urged to do penance and, if possible, make a pilgrimage to Rome.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2015

“That’s one of the things I do penance for all the time. Except that no one at the convent listens to me like you do.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer