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

Already he was repenting himself of the confidence wrung out of him, when all in a moment the scene changed.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

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 Dyson, Edward

Perhaps she was repenting the hasty impulse that had brought her in.

From Barnaby A Novel by Ramsay, R.