Example Sentences

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The viewer has reckoned with their unease by finding humor in an otherwise unfunny topic.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Cohen, who is expected to take the stand Monday, can address the jury as someone who has reckoned frankly with his own misdeeds and paid for them with his liberty.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

Canada has reckoned with this history in the past through a commission in 1985, which was tasked with investigating allegations that Canada had become a haven for Nazi war criminals.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

The city has reckoned with racist incidents in its past by apologizing to early Chinese immigrants and their descendants after the Chinatown was burned down more than a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Red has reckoned on twenty cavalry for his charge, forgetting that by the rules he must put two men at the tail of his middle gun.

From Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)