Sentence examples for penance for from inspiring English sources

Penance for Terry's original sin is within reach.

Perhaps his books were a penance for this accident.

This is my penance for the misdeeds of my youth".

Some men regard their efforts as penance for past sins.

Are workers doing penance for the time they spent in, say, the housing construction industry?

At some level, Janet was doing penance for her past destructive behavior.

It really is our penance for taking the money in television.

Such is the Giants' penance for winning the National Football Conference East last season.

As penance for my sins, I've sat through far too many televised political debates.

That masochism is also a kind of self-imposed penance for the sin of being born.

Admittedly, it wouldn't be sufficient penance for their joint outing in Passenger 57.