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 ).
will be repenting
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future progressiveof repent.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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A few hours hence, and those pious persons will be repenting of their sins on cabbage and onions.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Mr. Gladstone said to me in leaving the room: "Within six years, if it pleases God to spare their lives, they will be repenting in ashes."
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
