Definition of REDEMPTIVE

Examples of redemptive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The lack of high-tech wizardry allows the pain and intensity to carry over from the characters’ violent past to their redemptive present. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Review: Spike Lee's timely war epic 'Da 5 Bloods' finds love and brotherhood amid injustice," 11 June 2020 Groundhog Day’s action is structured according to a classic redemptive arc: This is the hero’s journey, set in the small-town wilds of Punxsutawney. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "Groundhog Day Was a Horror Movie All Along," 30 Apr. 2020 In this current moment of unscripted catastrophe, one not even seasoned producers Mona Scott-Young or Mark Burnett could have dreamed up, all that feels right is the sugary chaos and redemptive thrills of reality TV. — Jason Parham, Wired, "Reality TV Has Never Felt More Untethered From Real Life," 10 Apr. 2020 There’s the harrowing yet redemptive Holocaust story of his maternal grandparents — his grandfather who survived and saved own his father by becoming a watchmaker in a Dachau subcamp, his grandmother who hid for two years in a forest. — Washington Post, "The Holocaust, mental illness and a family’s secrets," 9 Jan. 2020 Miya: Also to circle back (sorry) to online quarantine behavior: the performance of productivity (exercising, cooking, writing, cleaning, crafting) by people may be annoying but also reveals a need to find meaning or something redemptive in this. — John Herrman, New York Times, "Wait … How Do We Live Together?," 24 Mar. 2020 Why are most of us acting as if there’s no such thing as redemptive suffering? — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, "Love in the Time of Coronavirus," 9 Mar. 2020 Here are takeaways from Northern Kentucky’s (20-8, 12-4 Horizon League) redemptive win. — Jl Kirven, Cincinnati.com, "NKU Norse regroup to take down Cleveland State Vikings," 21 Feb. 2020 The redemptive half-season that just aired set the stage, quite stunningly, for a dark reckoning. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "The best TV shows of the decade," 5 Dec. 2019

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