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Recent Examples of repentant Lyttleton discerned that if Saul was truly converted to Christ, the only explanation was the one Saul himself provided; namely, that the risen Christ appeared to him and called him to repentant faith. Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 Released 24 years after a debut verse on an album no less auspicious than Outkast’s Stankonia, this was a veteran artist taking stock, vividly drawing the lines between the struggling kid and the grateful, repentant adult. Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024 The repentant Barbosa who was glad getting caught forced her to quit. Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024 Last spring, Trump appointed as his national security adviser John Bolton, a man who remains perhaps the Iraq war’s most fervent and least repentant champion. Jon Finer, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2019 See All Example Sentences for repentant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repentant
Adjective
  • Singh Pannun said Singh was remorseful about the accident.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Brom understands the severity of his crimes, is remorseful and has apologized to everyone involved.
    Matthew Stolle, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This doesn’t seem like a company that is ashamed to be caught stealing.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some were too ashamed to speak publicly.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The website clarifies that Kith Ivy will host an Erewhon Tonic Bar (sorry, not the full grocery store) for members.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Your chance is now 25 out of 292 million, which is still, sorry to say, infinitesimal.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When in the presence of God, one is meant to assume a penitent air.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • For his part, the boy is quiet and seems penitent, making the cell a calming refuge for Dean within an institution unofficially ruled by a cutthroat mini mob boss, Freddie (Ishay Lalosh).
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • In a few short years, my plaintive, pleading tone would seem awkward and apologetic, compared to the confrontational calls on campuses for a free Palestine from the river to the sea, or Kneecap’s concert criticisms.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Though staff were apologetic, Wolf went along with the request.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • On Monday, after the dust had settled, the veteran issued a contrite apology.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The dispatches from one of India’s most troubled generic drug makers were contrite, filled with far-reaching promises to clean up its factory, stop contamination and send safe medication to Americans counting on the company’s drugs.
    Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The stories were humorous and poignant, regretful and filled with silver linings.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Weapon art: Call regretful visages in a swirl of smoke.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Repentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repentant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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