Sentence examples for earn redemption from inspiring English sources
"earn redemption" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you are referring to someone being offered or gaining forgiveness after doing something wrong. For example: "He had to do many hours of community service in order to earn redemption for his mistake."
On Friday, perhaps the older, wiser Brodeur can earn redemption for what happened to the younger, fitter Brodeur.
The difference is that under most criminal codes, a person who breaks the law is given the chance to serve his or her time, and earn redemption.
Fast-paced action compilations edited by the coach and his assistants got the team pumped before the Knights' game against the Mavericks, providing the visuals as Mr. Lehnhoff urged the players to earn redemption after last year's loss against Madison.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo.com argues that Woods will have to win big again — as Bryant did — to earn redemption in the public eye, once the parade of mistresses abates, that is.
Sprinter Justin Gatlin has a right to earn "redemption", says the man who led the Lance Armstrong investigation.
Instead of focusing on an athlete trying to fulfill a dream or earn redemption, it's about a philosophy, a thought process, a way of living.
The heroine is a fallen woman who earns redemption through sacrifice a notion that was somewhat risqué at the time although not forbidden by censors.
And in the process, she earned redemption. "I was in this situation before when we played Connecticut and I didn't pull through," Riley said.
The plot device is a clever variant on the sentimental motif of the tough old gunslinger who earns redemption for his sins by becoming the guardian of a defenseless child.
Leontes earns redemption with 16 years of penitent grief, and the play rewards him by bringing Hermione back to life and returning to them their daughter, Perdita, also presumed dead.
Mr. Hevesi, the city comptroller and one of the four major Democratic candidates for mayor this year, said in an interview that he remained concerned about some episodes in Mr. Sharpton's life and that the civil rights leader had a way to go before earning redemption in his eyes.
