forgiveness

Example Sentences

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When Mary shows up unexpectedly, asking Sam for the two things she won’t provide — forgiveness and a dress — the pair slowly find their bond regenerating, pulled back together by forces outside their control.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

But she told police she never knew what the forgiveness was for.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Upon leaving her house, where he knelt on the floor mutely asking for her forgiveness, he notices piles of leaves everywhere he looks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Berman recommends getting on an income-driven repayment program, which would put me in an affordable payment plan where the monthly payments would also count toward my loan forgiveness.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

She inhabits her world, waiting for forgiveness, while her children are planted in or upon the four different nations that have claimed us.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver