impenitent

Example Sentences

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In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

In Maxwell’s impenitent gaze, we could see the broader audacity of the Epstein affair.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2019

She loved that Lorraine was impenitent and fought out of professional duty, rather than to avenge, say, the loss of a husband or child.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2017

But her new employer, Politico Europe, was keen to appoint an impenitent to fire warning shots across the commission’s bow.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

His face gradually lost the flush it had taken on after their encounter at the raft, his eyes grew calmer and his hands steadier; on the subject of their contention, however, he remained impenitent.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen