How to Use atone in a Sentence

atone

verb

• Some may see this as the chance to atone for that mistake.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2021
• If there’s rot at the heart of things, how can Greta atone?
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Each one of them, Josh knew, was trying to atone for a wrong.
  — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2021
• But the display of piety has done little to mask that the army chief has much to atone for.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
• How does a city atone for killing as many as 300 of its Black citizens?
  — Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful, 1 June 2021
• None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
• Moses destroyed the tablets in anger, but the people atoned for their sin, so God forgave them.
  — Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• The Eagles are on a mission to atone for missing a state berth by one place last year.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
• Putting the rotation on his shoulders in the second half would do a lot to atone for that.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
• Hopefully for the Browns, Wilson will soon have a chance to atone for the mistake.
  — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
• There have been some moves to atone for the bitter history.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
• To atone for that addition, perhaps, the owners kept the ratty red vinyl on the stools at the counter.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• Is there any way to atone for one’s mistakes, no matter how grave?
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• To Garrett, the extension was a way to give back more and atone for his mistake.
  — cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
• Germany’s efforts to atone for the Holocaust are well known.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• Biden has the chance to atone for the sins of his forebears and build up some serious street cred on climate.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
• On Yom Kippur, Jewish people atone for their sins from the past year.
  — CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
• Cassie loves to party but dies in a freak accident and must atone for her wrongs on earth to earn her wings.
  — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
• The Knicks won’t sneak up on anyone and the Celtics will look to atone for a disappointing season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• But the memo also tells the story of a grown man who spent his time behind bars trying to atone for the crime that put him there.
  — Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• The next step is staying healthy and each upgrading their games to atone for last season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• The Jesuits themselves pledged $100 million this year to atone for their role in slavery.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• Judge Cameron Mander said Tarrant's crimes were so wicked that a life time in jail could not begin to atone for them.
  — Nick Perry, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2020
• Harvard pledged $100 million to atone for its role in slavery.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• On the campaign trail, Mr. Vance has sought to atone for his past negative comments about Mr. Trump.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Plesac shrugged off the mistake, and said in the game of baseball guys are put in position to atone for their miscues all the time.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 30 May 2022
• Atlanta has a chance to atone with a home game against the Vikings, who will be trying to pick up the pieces after losing Kirk Cousins for the season.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• Still, Judge Cameron Mander said Tarrant's crimes were so wicked that a lifetime in jail could not begin to atone for them.
  — Nick Perry, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2020
• But many critics argue that Germany’s agreement does not go far enough to atone for its crimes.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2021
• That includes a ruthless mastermind named Dreykov (Ray Winstone) and her desire both to atone for the past and stamp out the source that caused it.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 8 July 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024