Example Sentences

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"There are moments, my dear father, when the ideas of Monsieur de Maistre work within me powerfully, and I fancy that I am expiating something."

From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Behold here all the crime that I am expiating.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

Then I am expiating for some one else?

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

M�llner," said the beautiful woman, drawing her breath with effort, "at this moment I am expiating all the sins I have ever committed.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

"Perhaps, like yourself, I have committed some great sin and am expiating it in this manner."

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward