repenting
present participle ofrepent
| 单词 | repenting |
| 释义 | repenting present participle ofrepent repent verb[I] formaluk/rɪˈpent/us/rɪˈpent/to be verysorryfor somethingbadyou have done in the past andwishthat you had not done it: He repented (ofhissins) justhoursbefore hedied. Sadness and regret
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making & accepting apologies Examplesofrepentingrepenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Repentingnow and acting later will not work. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that in the cases of the two "madmen," one lost his tongue, and the other rescued his life only afterrepenting. From theCambridge English Corpus The "first sort of enthusiasm" groups "those who imagine they have the grace which they have not": individuals claiming redemption withoutrepenting(50). From theCambridge English Corpus The conditions included writing an essayrepentingof anti-party misdeeds, stating that they supported postal privatization and promising not to oppose the party in the future. From theCambridge English Corpus It was the clearest, most legalistic and longest confessional in the long history ofrepentingsinners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So did hundreds of thousands of others, withoutrepentingit or resenting it, then or now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may have been a case of acting with speed andrepentingat leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nice to know that some people arerepenting, but the facts need to be known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it will not be a case of legislating in haste andrepentingat leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is more joy "in heaven over one sinner that repenteth" and so forth, and with 300repentingthe joy is considerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot agree to the speedy process because, frankly, it is leading the way torepentingat leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may mean his marrying in haste andrepentingat leisure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Still, the sinner or the sinners opposite seem to berepenting, and that is something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that one should rejoice at a sinnerrepenting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Figures show that there is morerepentingafter teenage marriages than after marriages later in life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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