Sentence example with the word 'expiated'

expiated

Last update: July 13, 2015


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Murder can be expiated by the payment of diya or bloodmoney, if the kinsmen of the murdered man consent; they may, however, claim the life of the murderer, and long and troublesome blood feuds often ensue, involving the relatives of both sides for generations.   [Please select]

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But the impious king bitterly expiated his sacrilegious conduct.   [Please select]

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And now she proclaimed that he had expiated his offence.   [Please select]

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I shall never be pardoned until I have--somehow--expiated my sin.   [Please select]

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He was hanged after shooting a sergeant, perfectly satisfied "at having expiated his offence."   [Please select]

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"He expiated his crimes two weeks ago at Fort Wilhelmina, your excellency."   [Please select]

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Thus Athens, crushed under servitude, expiated cruelly her insensate joy.   [Please select]

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