Example Sentences

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She would have to stand before her aunt, to look her in the eyes, and to tell her how she had recompensed her love and care.

From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich

Motherhood had recompensed her; from Rollo's birth she had begun to dream dreams for him.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)