making amends

Example Sentences

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But I didn’t want to “surrender” to anything, nor to spend my whole life making amends and walking a path of eternal deprivation and self-denial like I saw in popular recovery communities.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

“It’s going to be living the rest of my life making amends because I took something that was really beautiful and I just tore it down year after year, day after day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

"The owners appear to be admitting defeat, holding their hands up and making amends," BBC Sheffield sports editor Rob Staton said.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

On the other hand, he has also been criticized by some estranged parents, because his book asks them to reflect on the role their actions may have played and to consider making amends.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Jefferson was making amends for what the Adams family had understandably regarded as “the singular act” of betrayal.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis