pardonable

Example Sentences

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I could tell Vatsal felt whatever Winters did was pardonable.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

That was on the other side of the field from such matters as the time Oklahoma committed the barely pardonable sin of facing third and 10 from its 25-yard line while behind 42-38.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2018

This crime against the English language might be pardonable if Gorsuch deployed his fence metaphor to clear up some technical complexity.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2018

"Throughout American history, the pardonable offense and the pardon privilege itself have functioned together as a uniquely direct system of check-and-balance between the individual citizen and the executive branch," the letter reads.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2016

She squinted down the length of her own trunk with pardonable pride.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis