Example Sentences

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Only a comprehensive victory will atone for their shambolic showing at Bradford while increasing belief that this side have the wherewithal to survive a relegation fight.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

"While those who refuse to accept that reality may take satisfaction from this event, nothing the Munich court can do will atone for the suffering Germany has perpetrated upon him to this day," he said.

From Reuters • May 12, 2011

"We are hopeful that this will atone for some of that."

From Time Magazine Archive

Warfare in these days is a business like other activities, and no courage, no heroism, no "glorious past," no "immortal traditions," will atone for deficient rations and fraudulent administration.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman

One of the first principles of American business life, the encouragement of individual initiative, has been violated, and nothing will atone for it.

From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry