Example Sentences

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If I do not estimate the fault which you have expiated as you do, I respect and admire the expiation.

From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Trent, Hilary

But so thought Fauntleroy once; so have thought many besides him, who at last have expiated as he hath done.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

But so thought Fauntleroy once; so have thought many besides him, who at last have expiated, as he hath done.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

I consider that I have expiated the wrong I did.

From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean

No, I was a criminal; but oh, how I have expiated my sin!

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)