Sentence examples for contrition of from inspiring English sources

Lomax had arrived in anything but conciliatory mood but was taken aback by the deep contrition of the Japanese veteran.

The contrition of rebel leaders – or the perceived lack of it – may be as important to the peace process as any of the agenda items.

Congressional hearings tend to be orchestrated blends of theater and policy: heavy on anecdote, light on insight, rife with both the posturing of politicians and the faux contrition of well-rehearsed witnesses caught in a televised bull's-eye.

KYLE BUSCH CONTRITE Trevor Bayne's buoyancy contrasted sharply with the contrition of the Cup driver Kyle Busch, who was ticketed Tuesday for driving 128 miles per hour in a 45-m.p.h.

Reflecting on the days to come, Cardinal Dolan noted that he and the other cardinals would sing a penitential psalm as they filed into the Sistine Chapel, "almost in an act of contrition, of a humble admitting of our sins, our imperfections, our scars, so that God will have mercy on us and on his church".

Mr. Jones may not express the rock-bottom Christian fatalism of Johnny Cash, but he still conveys the contrition of a penitent sinner as he delivers a mixture of traditional spirituals and contemporary gospel songs tautly arranged for a small band.

There was not one ounce of 'sorry', scintilla of contrition, proton of penitence to be seen".

The image that may well linger in the public mind is not of contrition, but of braggadocio in the face of a net that is inexorably closing in.

Another tweet pointed to a degree, if not of contrition, then of somewhat embittered regret.

An act of contrition, and of grace.

And it may need to make a shocking, landmark act of contrition to convince employees its capable of change.