repentant
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Marcin, initially as malignant as Hook and as blinkered as Torvald, eventually grows as repentant and noble as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will co-star a certain native of Toruń as Titania.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Others note that it’s never the repentant Grinch who marauds through schools and holiday parades or blows up on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
Thanh portrays himself as a repentant figure who now regrets his life of crime and wants to speak out to prevent other Vietnamese people from making the same mistakes.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
"Forgiveness-seeking included humble owning of responsibility for wrongdoing against another person and repentant relational repair through confession, apology, restitution and evidence of change."
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023
“What a good girl you are, Amy!” said Jo, with a repentant glance from her own damaged costume to that of her sister, which was fresh and spotless still.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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