Sentence example with the word 'shrift'

shrift

absolution, admission, avowal, confession, excuse, exoneration, immunity, owning, pardon, remission, reprieve, sparing

Definition n. the act of being shriven

Last update: September 10, 2015


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SHROVE TUESDAY, the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, so called as the day on which "shrift" or confession was made in preparation for the great fast.   [Please select]

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A joint commission drew up a well-considered plan, but in the face of a presidential election the Senate gave it short shrift.   [Please select]

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"Ay" said he, "if they got hands on me, it would be a short shrift and a lang tow for Alan."   [Please select]

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But any Christian caught kidding them he's a Moslem would be for it-- short shrift.   [Please select]

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The lawyer's eye, shrewdly gaging the situation, gave the slighter man short shrift, and for several intense seconds every breath stopped.   [Please select]

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Under the stable and efficient rulership of Diaz, "plans," "pronunciamentos," "revolutions," and similar devices of professional trouble makers, had short shrift.   [Please select]

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There is probably short shrift for the old at the squatting-place.   [Please select]

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