Sentence examples for going to atone from inspiring English sources

"We're going to atone for allowing them to build that dam," said Mark Franco, the tribe's headman.

How far will people like that go to atone for their own guilty consciences?

When Mr. Rubenstein was finally able to begin his speech again, he began by saying that the Golden Age of private equity — a phrase coined by Mr. Kravis at the peak of the buyout boom — had turned into the "Purgatory Age, where we're going to have to atone for our sins a bit".

After leaving the house, Goody went to India to atone.

This list, in the tradition of Spinal Tap, goes to 11! Dee Murray: To atone for producer Gus Dudgeon's curious refusal to utilize his extraordinary road band in the studio until 1972, Elton John released 11-17-70 which is among the essential live albums of any era in rock.

Because of her ability, Vanille is key to a ritual to destroy the dead that will kill her in the process: not knowing the truth about the ritual, she decides to go through with it to atone for her past actions.

He goes to temple every year on Yom Kippur to atone for the mistakes he has made. .

Matai went some way to atoning for his error when he crossed for a controversial try after the break that got the Sea Eagles back to within two.

The men's 4x100m relay squad went some way to atoning for failing to finish in Daegu when they were second.

Victory for Sri Lanka on Thursday went some way to atoning for their defeat by West Indies in the 2012 final.

He can go to the yardarm knowing that he might atone for his own past crimes and find his own peace: "I've sighted a sail in the storm, the far-shining sail that's not fate.