atoning
Example Sentences
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The original idea was to fund the Sagrada Família through donations by people atoning for their sins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
We should say their names, tell their stories, and honor their legacies by atoning for the harms caused and ensuring that nothing like this ever happens again.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Clinton Kelly and Stacy London return as its hosts, older, wiser and atoning for the tough love and scathing real talk they once doled out to style-challenged guests.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
All businesses are closed, so where can this atoning single mother purchase the main ingredient?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
As always, too, his thoughts turned quickly to find some way of atoning.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
