How to Use atonement in a Sentence

atonement

noun

• The story of the drum, of Jim and Joe, are not stories of atonement.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• And then came his coup de grace, an atonement for the past two weeks.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2020
• On Yom Kippur, one completes atonement for the wrongs of the past year.
  — Ben Beezy, latimes.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• Brown would have her first chance for atonement leading off the bottom of the third.
  — Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 5 June 2017
• As the home crowd erupted, Malkin spread his arms and howled, the sound of a sinner who had found atonement . . .
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• It’s about justice and fairness, and taking a first step on the road to atonement.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
• The second is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement (sunset, Oct. 4).
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
• The morning after Bull and Isaac tussled over the church food, Bull slept through his chance at atonement.
  — J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Before that, John Paul II offered his atonement for a number of the church’s sins.
  — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
• But the path to atonement is racial unity, not more division.
  — Sahil Handa, National Review, 13 June 2019
• At the time, the move was widely seen, at least in part, as a grand gesture of atonement for the worst crimes of German history.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• With the game still tied midway through the third, McKenzie had his chance at atonement and didn’t disappoint.
  — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2020
• Blessings to all during the observance of this holy day of atonement.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
• The High Holy Days are a time of prayer, reflection, repentance and atonement.
  — al, 28 Sep. 2020
• But Halperin has yet to undertake any sort of atonement for his misdeeds.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2019
• The one-term president described his decision as a form of atonement for his sins and, like Adams, swore in on a book of laws.
  — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2021
• Instead the money should be used for helping people as atonement for all the lives that were taken.
  — courant.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• But can there be too much contrition from those who were complicit with the Nazis, and is there such a thing as too much atonement?
  — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
• At the same time, Germany’s process of atonement for its war crimes is widely recognized.
  — Jasper Bastian, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020
• At first an account of action and adventure, the letter turns to Meissner’s quest to live a life of atonement.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
• Eight years later, as a further act of atonement, Goldsmith began work on this book.
  — David J. Garrow, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
• Francis didn’t believe that blood atonement was required for God to love or forgive us.
  — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Apr. 2021
• So was his effort, in part, a gesture of atonement for the failings of his predecessors?
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
• Evan’s dodgy act of atonement builds up his own social capital.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• For the Houghton Library, a respectful burial of the human remains would be a long overdue act of atonement.
  — Paul Needham, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
• Repentance and atonement for one's sins are at the core of the holiday, while the days are typically filled with fasting and prayer.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
• If Hasan was their frontrunner, there’s a lot of atonement that would have to probably happen with regard to Hasan.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• Smith continued the atonement phase of his career with a fourth-inning single that made Shark pay for Frazier's one-out triple.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 20 July 2019
• His handiwork with that stiff baguette doubled as an atonement for Jerry’s marble-rye mischief a decade and a half prior.
  — Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
• Next, an encounter in a café with a woman handing out flyers about her missing son opens a window to atonement, helping families of the country’s thousands of desaparecidos to find closure.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024