Example Sentences

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He is trying to remake the story that we have internalized about ourselves — how we have behaved, how we have atoned, what we can learn and what steps we should take next.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

The Broncos’ plus-3 turnover margin ordinarily would have atoned for allowing Josh Jacobs to scurry for 129 yards.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2021

But to achieve that Haspel will have to prove on Wednesday that she, and the agency she seeks to run, have atoned for their past.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2018

As one of the largest contributors of funds to the United Nations, and having paid billions in war reparations, the Japanese have atoned for many of their past sins.

From Newsweek • Feb. 18, 2015

“I wanted to see her grow healthy again. To cure her would have atoned for a broken promise in my past. I let down my dear Elnora, who was like a mother to me.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein