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Example sentences for: contrition

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make some magical act of contrition.
Robert Novak (CNN's Capital Gang ) is appalled at the "contrition mission," finding Clinton's slavery apologies logically flawed in light of the many prominent "African-Americans in government, in business, in athletics, in show business," who would not be Americans without the slave trade.
Pundits observe grimly that he has refused to offer the necessary confession or contrition, that his impeachment by the House has put him within one step of expulsion, and that the resignation of incoming Speaker Bob Livingston over his newly disclosed adultery has turned up the pressure on Clinton to follow suit.
They preach vulnerability, humility, contrition, intimacy, sharing, weeping, tenderness, and surrender.
Well-versed in the ways of Washington, Rostenkowski knows that for someone in his position, quotation is more important than contrition.