expiate
verb (used with object)
to atone for; make amends or reparation for.
was expiating
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past progressiveof expiate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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La Valliere, in a Carmelite convent, was doing penance for the sin of her love for Louis; while De Montespan, in the world, was expiating hers within sight of the king's indifference.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
He was now no longer young, and was expiating by severe sufferings the dissoluteness of his youth: but age and disease had made no essential change in his character and manners.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
But she was expiating it in very sackcloth and ashes, and he would add nothing to the burden on her back.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
Even on the cross, where He was expiating the sin of the world, He was thinking of the comfort of His widowed mother.
From The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion by James Stalker
Just about that time she had discovered Maxime's baseness, and was expiating the sins of the past in tears of blood.
From Gobseck by Ellen Marriage
