Sentence examples for exacted penance from inspiring English sources

Some monastic libraries, however, are known to have allowed the monks to borrow books for study in their cells; the Rule of St. Benedict explicitly permitted this, and the librarian exacted penance from any monk unable to confirm that he had actually read his book.

He urged them to use less force against the protesters but then appeared to contradict himself by saying rather mysteriously: "What is exacting penance?

Revenge exacted.

Timeless and troubling, these "scary fairy tales" grapple with accidents of fate and weaknesses of human nature that exact a heavy penance.

For penance.

5 Penance.

My penance was twofold.

They called it penance.

That's a penance.

She received penance.

Marty paid his penance.