CONTRITE in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for CONTRITE, such as:
1. She was contrite the whole morning after her angry outburst.
2. As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain.
3. She looked at the dazed hurt faces of India and Pitty and contrition swept her.
4. Then, raising his head, he repeated the act of contrition, phrase by phrase, with fervour.
5. Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition.
2. As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain.
3. She looked at the dazed hurt faces of India and Pitty and contrition swept her.
4. Then, raising his head, he repeated the act of contrition, phrase by phrase, with fervour.
5. Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition.
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Meanings and Examples of CONTRITE
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contrite
a. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Classic Sentence:
1 Seeing that he really was out of temper, Jo, who knew how to manage him, assumed a contrite expression, and going artistically down upon her knees, said meekly, "Please forgive me for being so cross."
2 As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain.
3 His soul sank back deeper into depths of contrite peace, no longer able to suffer the pain of dread, and sending forth, as he sank, a faint prayer.
4 Such little actions, slight in another man, were very noticeable in him; and his daughter received them as if they had been words of contrition.
5 Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition.
6 The self-reproach and contrition which are displayed in his remark appear to me to be the signs of a healthy mind rather than of a guilty one.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
7 "Confess your sins and do penance for them in sorrow and contrition," Ellen had told her a hundred times and, in this crisis, Ellen's religious training came back and gripped her.
8 She looked at the dazed hurt faces of India and Pitty and contrition swept her.
9 I will ask you now, all of you, to repeat after me the act of contrition, kneeling here in this humble chapel in the presence of God.
10 Then, raising his head, he repeated the act of contrition, phrase by phrase, with fervour.
11 Here ceased the rapid flow of her self-reproving spirit; and Elinor, impatient to soothe, though too honest to flatter, gave her instantly that praise and support which her frankness and her contrition so well deserved.
Example Sentence:
1 She was contrite the whole morning after her angry outburst.