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Recent Examples of impenitent For her part, having faced such criticism for over four decades, Newkirk remains blissfully impenitent. Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 Among the various allegations put forward are reports of drugging and fascist group chats, slave labour and foot photograph farms, with the brand’s impenitent founder Stephan Marsan at its centre. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 Just look at the impenitent subject: the deep furrow between his eyebrows and the one that contours his cheek seem to want to connect and form a kind of scar in shadow. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023 But they were also imbued with a sense of impenitent joy that was paramount to the show. Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impenitent
Adjective
  • Son Hee is one half of a ruthless twin assassin duo, working alongside his brother Bacho.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 14 July 2025
  • Her 6-0, 6-0 rout at the hands of a ruthless Iga Świątek was a reminder that no sport is more psychologically brutal than tennis.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Her memoir's first chapter finds her as a teenager inebriated outside an Arizona nightclub, already standing at a metaphorical crossroads between herself and her unrepentant desires to achieve her most heartfelt desires as professional goals.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • The writer becomes an unrepentant co-conspirator in the plot to knock down Spears, one breaking news item at a time.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Each of us should demand our local leaders challenge every one of the immoral and cruel state laws and the Gestapo-like raids and inhumane detainments carried out by ICE agents.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
  • Even critics who considered his policies cruel and racist – and there were many – admitted that behind the bluster there was the charm of a true believer.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025

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“Impenitent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impenitent. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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