repent
verb (used without object)
to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed byof ).
was repenting
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past progressiveof repent.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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He tried to comfort himself with the thought that maybe he was repenting for a different crime: he had gone over the speed limit in his car; sometimes he had spun his tires.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017
But if Edward was repenting, we at least now know it probably wasn't a great massacre at Limoges troubling his soul.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2014
As for the promises his wife had extracted, he was repenting his rashness as heartily as she was commending her prevision.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
ALL through the next day Waddy was very calm; it was repenting recent rash actions and calculating laboriously.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Edward Dyson
"He was repenting of his unjust accusations," replied Newman.
From The American by Henry James
