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Meanings of sudden contrition in English

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Usage of sudden contrition in English
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Then she caught sight of his eyes, and leaned forward in sudden contrition.
Quin
2
He was stepping into the passage when she touched his sleeve in sudden contrition.
Major Vigoureux
3
A sudden contrition smote Jim; he turned anxiously to his bunk, throwing the clothes left and right.
In the Roaring Fifties
4
And yet I felt a sudden contrition.
A Far Country — Complete
5
Espying Mildred Taylor, Grace remembered with sudden contrition that she had not asked the little freshman to dance.
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
6
Kate blushed with sudden contrition.
The Precipice: A Novel
7
The sudden contrition of the usurper in 'As You Like It' is a familiar instance; Beaumont and Fletcher have plenty as bad.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
8
" Sudden contrition does not seem like something you would feel," Jean-Claude said.
Crimson Death
9
"I'll write you a little note every day," she said with sudden contrition.
Senator North
10
"But I wanted you so- Iwantedyou so," Katherine cried, smitten with sudden contrition.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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"Forgive me," I muttered, thrown back upon sudden contrition.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
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"No, No!" said she in sudden contrition, burying her face in both her shapely hands.
Maw's Vacation: The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone
13
"You make me feel like a big man who has robbed a small child of a lolly," he said with sudden contrition.
Adventure
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