AMENDS in a Sentence
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58 example sentences for AMENDS, such as:
1. There was a rich amends, however, preparing for her.
2. Since you insist, I must amend the letter of credit.
3. He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
4. She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.
5. More insidious is the whole issue of the second amendment.
2. Since you insist, I must amend the letter of credit.
3. He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
4. She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.
5. More insidious is the whole issue of the second amendment.
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Meanings and Examples of AMENDS
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amends
n. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
n. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 But perhaps the abuse of such people as yourself and Marianne will make amends for the regard of Lady Middleton and her mother.
2 They afforded her no companion that could make amends for what she had left behind, nor that could teach her to think of Norland with less regret than ever.
3 Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend.
4 It was an aggravating circumstance in the case that he had no idea of this, but conceived that he was making me amends in every new discovery: not to say, heaping obligations on my head.
5 I told the gentleman at first, when he told me upstairs it was come to light, that I would answer for your being umble, and making amends.
6 I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter.
7 At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion.
8 As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may.
9 That noon he sat down to dinner with us, and received a heaped-up plate from my hands, as if he intended to make amends for previous fasting.
10 There was a rich amends, however, preparing for her.
11 He hoped she might make some amends for the many very plain faces he was continually passing in the streets.
12 As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.
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13 If I have committed a sin in killing an Inquisitor and a Jesuit, I have made ample amends by saving the lives of these girls.
14 The antechamber, indeed, was only encrusted with rubies and emeralds, but the order in which everything was arranged made amends for this great simplicity.
15 The host had not quite so good a bargain as he at first hoped for, but he made amends by slipping in two bottles of Anjou wine instead of two bottles of champagne.
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
2 She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.
3 I want to make amends to my friend for breaking her precious vase.
4 Would McCain amend executive orders to ensure that communications between persons outside government and White House staff are disclosed to the public?
5 What I find remarkable and commendable is how many chances she was given to retract, amend or otherwise clarify.
6 Since you insist, I must amend the letter of credit.
7 The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
8 MPs were urged to amend the law to prevent another oil tanker disaster.
9 America and Britain oppose this amendment but some other European countries, in particular Germany, have always been lukewarm on debt relief and might be swayed.
10 For the sake of policy and representativeness, we need a constitutional amendment to remove this prerogative from the president.
11 More insidious is the whole issue of the second amendment.
12 Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.
13 They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
14 The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.
15 The amendment will force senators to show where they stand on the issue of sexual harassment.