How to Use contrition in a Sentence

contrition

noun

• Were her tears a true sign of contrition?
• Don’t leave him out of the contrition portion of this episode.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
• Trump, of course, shows no sign of contrition or self-doubt.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2019
• The day started with a new note of contrition from Ms Lam.
  — The Economist, 30 June 2019
• Hence the demand for still more heartfelt acts of contrition, and on and on.
  — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
• At each step, Japan's leaders have faced a choice over whether or not to show contrition.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
• Yes, and the problem is that even after the mistake is made, there is no contrition.
  — Fox News, 3 June 2018
• As is his nature, Trump didn’t show any sign of contrition.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
• Probably not so smart when the fan base wants to see contrition.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017
• Gale, a neighborhood dad, shows up to Love’s bakery with a heart full of contrition: His twin girls had the measles.
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
• Alomar did not speak to Clevinger and Plesac, but was told both showed contrition.
  — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
• To them, Burrows’ defense of the meeting on the radio did not show contrition.
  — James Barragán, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
• But can there be too much contrition from those who were complicit with the Nazis, and is there such a thing as too much atonement?
  — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
• Some in the sport will not buy Miller’s explanations or signs of contrition.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022
• And Jimmy’s pitch isn’t based on the usual theater of contrition.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• Its theme was the need for humility and contrition on the part of the country's pollsters and pundits.
  — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 4 Nov. 2020
• The postgame news conference acts a form of contrition for Campbell.
  — Carlos Monarrez, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
• Wallen showed contrition, and less than two months later the show re-invited him.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 5 Dec. 2020
• Gone was the humbled contrition that followed the scandal, when most of his fellow Democrats called on him to resign.
  — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
• Frank Russo showed contrition in the end and ended up with a shorter sentence.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• Drinkman did not make a public statement of contrition.
  — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• What Beard probably needs to do next is take steps to show contrition, something that has been lacking so far.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Royal experts said there was a welcome, if overdue, show of contrition in the statement issued by lawyers for the prince.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• But the proper approach, obvious to many, was to show some contrition.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 July 2019
• The tome provoked Cousy to reflect on his own views on race and inspired him to pen a letter of contrition to his long-ago teammate Bill Russell.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• That, coupled with the team's perceived lack of contrition, has drawn ire from MLB players and the general public alike.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
• He should be offered forgiveness and be able to move on with his life and career, after his contrition.
  — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• But if gaming is your religion, the purchase of Nvidia’s 8800 GTX is merely an act of contrition.
  — Daniel Dumas, WIRED, 19 July 2007
• This isn’t a pardon, as is usually the case, for someone who has served time, shows contrition and deserves some kind of mercy.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Sep. 2017
• In the filing, prosecutor Kari Morrissey asked that she be sentenced to the maximum — 18 months — and said that the recorded calls show her lack of contrition.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024