Sample Sentences for
contrite
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    Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and ... began serving a four-month sentence in Sioux Falls.  (source)
    Contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for an offense
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    Simon's contrite face appeared in the hole.  (source)
    contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
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    He cast a despondent, contrite glance toward Mariam, then his mother.  (source)
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    Now say an Act of Contrition and remember Our Lord watches you every minute.  (source)
    Contrition = sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    "I'm sorry you lost your rocket stuff," he told me, truly contrite.  (source)
    contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
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    "I'm awfully sorry I made fun of your hair, Anne," he whispered contritely.  (source)
    contritely = with a feeling of sorrow or regret for having done something wrong
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    Uncontrite, I rocked.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncontrite means not and reverses the meaning of contrite. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    [712] It is the highest power of divine moments that they abolish our contritions also†  (source)
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    I had expected contriteness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Venial sins are lighter, like a rash instead of measles. A rash that goes away even without Confession if you say an Act of Contrition.  (source)
    Contrition = sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
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    Pruitt said he was contrite and determined and asked us to come again.  (source)
    contrite = feeling sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
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    "Sorry," he says contritely.†  (source)
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    Cullivan probed, trying to gauge the depth of what he assumed would be Perry's contrition.  (source)
    contrition = sorrow or regret for a fault or offense
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