How to use "penitent" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "penitent" in popular movie and book plots

  • Moved by this, Jervis sends her a bouquet of flowers, and Jerusha is penitent ("I'm A Beast").  - Daddy Long Legs (musical)
  • A penitent Kingshuk seeks forgiveness for his actions and promises to make things better between them.  - Alik Sukh
  • In the asylum chapel, the monsignor offers to baptize the penitent Leigh, who hopes his only hell has been on Earth.  - The Coat Hanger
  • Yuki, believing that she has failed in her trust, takes her own life, leaving a sorrowing Prince and the penitent and loving Le Beau.  - The Breath of the Gods
  • Joe, almost broke, is saved again by a penitent Jim, who sells Fay's car, enraging her.  - Wild Harvest
  • A penitent Nugent returns to America, where he later dies on a polar expedition.  - Poor Miss Finch
  • This occurs in Kabir's presence, who is bitterly penitent to the point of not wishing to live any more over his betrayal of Shivam.  - Awarapan
  • She then returns to her throne, leaving the pardoned penitent Beatrix to take up the pure life once again.  - Das Mirakel (1912 film)

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