RECONCILIATION in a Sentence

Learn RECONCILIATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

25 example sentences for RECONCILIATION, such as:

1. It was forcing estrangement into reconciliation.
2. That reconciliation was nothing but the vengeance of a jealous woman.
3. The meeting failed to achieve a reconciliation between the two groups.
4. From his tone both Kitty and Anna knew that a reconciliation had taken place.
5. Her relations with Stepan Arkadyevitch after their reconciliation had become humiliating.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECONCILIATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reconciliation
 n.  act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  It determined him to attempt a reconciliation, though not exactly in the manner pointed out by their brother and sister.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
2  She was very earnestly and humbly entreating Miss Murdstone's pardon, which that lady granted, and a perfect reconciliation took place.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
3  The most unpleasant thing of all was that his pecuniary interests should in this way enter into the question of his reconciliation with his wife.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 3
4  In the relations of the husband and wife the same estrangement still remained, but there was no talk now of separation, and Stepan Arkadyevitch saw the possibility of explanation and reconciliation.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 20
5  From his tone both Kitty and Anna knew that a reconciliation had taken place.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 21
6  Her relations with Stepan Arkadyevitch after their reconciliation had become humiliating.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 2
7  Feeling that the reconciliation was complete, Anna set eagerly to work in the morning preparing for their departure.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 25
8  Looking intently at him, at his face, his hands, she recalled all the details of their reconciliation the previous day, and his passionate caresses.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 25
9  It was forcing estrangement into reconciliation.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND
10  Anne of Austria, who, in consequence of the seizure of her letter, expected reproaches, was much astonished the next day to see the king make some attempts at reconciliation with her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
11  That reconciliation was nothing but the vengeance of a jealous woman.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
12  The procurator's wife took Porthos into an adjoining room, and they began to lay the basis of a reconciliation.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
13  All that sounded extravagant or irrational in the progress of the reconciliation might have no origin but in the language of the relators.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
14  Mr Elliot's having any views on me will not in the least account for the efforts he made towards a reconciliation with my father.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
15  He began to hate himself for throwing away the chance Becky had offered for a reconciliation.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  After read the letter, in which a reconciliation attempt written by her ex-husband, she wanted to talk with her mother.
2  She has reached this almost mystical state of self-possession even before any reconciliation with the past and her family has occurred, at least, I think so.
3  Nelson Mandela, who guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy and became an international icon of peace and reconciliation, died Thursday at age 95.
4  Their latest reunion two days after their attempt at a reconciliation dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles was cooked before the raw fish could even be served.
5  The meeting failed to achieve a reconciliation between the two groups.