atonement

Example Sentences

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But the debate has intensified in recent years, particularly after some nations and businesses which historically profited from African slave labour formally apologised and announced measures of atonement.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The novel explores themes of ancestral sin and atonement against the backdrop of the forests, which stand as silent witnesses to human crimes enacted on a global scale.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

For Colonel Aureliano Buendía it meant the limits of atonement.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez