How to Use amends in a Sentence
amends
noun
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This year the Longhorns — led by Salter — have the chance to make amends.
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Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas News,
8 Dec. 2020
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The singer promised to make amends with a rescheduled date.
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Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
4 Sep. 2022
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By the time Miller retired, the pair had since made amends.
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Chris Sims,
The Indianapolis Star,
18 Aug. 2020
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A day later, Wood asked one of the lawyers to make amends.
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Alan Judd,
ajc,
18 Dec. 2020
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Ballard vowed to make amends and to help be an agent for change.
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Jim Ayello,
The Indianapolis Star,
5 June 2020
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Turner said the move was a good first step but more needs to be done to make amends for the tragedy.
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Sophie Austin,
Dallas News,
15 June 2021
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Turner said the move was a good first step, but more needs to be done to make amends for the tragedy.
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Dallas News,
7 June 2021
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In the docuseries, Jeff asks David to go sky diving as a way to make amends.
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Carolyn Twersky,
Seventeen,
5 May 2021
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The Phillies’ management sought to make amends for the abuse Allen had received from fans in the 1960s.
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New York Times,
7 Dec. 2020
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Just like that, the A’s trailed 4-3. Pinder quickly made amends.
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Steve Kroner,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 May 2021
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And then of people trying to make amends for their crime.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 June 2022
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Or go to church a few times and do whatever else to make amends?
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New York Times,
4 May 2021
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Aside from a memorial plaque, the city had never made amends for the tragedy.
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NBC News,
30 Sep. 2021
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The idea that any policy could make amends for that does not pass muster with her.
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New York Times,
1 Aug. 2021
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But in the top of the seventh, Martin made amends with a blast to the left-center wall for his second triple of the game.
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Andy Kostka,
Baltimore Sun,
12 June 2022
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There could be no greater way to honor and make amends than doing that.
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Chancellor Agard,
EW.com,
3 Mar. 2021
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The academy has been trying to make amends, in its way.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Aug. 2022
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When one willfully commits a wrong, the first step is to make amends.
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Star Tribune,
14 Dec. 2020
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To make amends, United promised to drop off the bag directly.
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Stephanie Mlot,
PCMAG,
3 Jan. 2023
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But Hinch was able to apologize and make amends to many in the industry.
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Evan Petzold,
Detroit Free Press,
30 Oct. 2020
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But for many Detroiters, the project has nothing to do with making amends for the past.
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Matt McFarland,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2021
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Ryder also claimed Gibson had tried to make amends over the years.
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Anne Cohen,
refinery29.com,
25 June 2020
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Less than 24 hours after sending his first email, Earnest tried to make amends.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 Dec. 2021
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Now the big automaker is starting the process of making amends.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Nov. 2020
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Blair is forced to revisit his past, while Mo, Keith and Dawn try to make amends.
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Nina Zafar,
Washington Post,
11 July 2020
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Hopefully this means Mads and Nessa were able to make amends as well.
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Carolyn Twersky,
Seventeen,
12 Apr. 2021
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Meghan said that Kate had apologized and even sent flowers to make amends.
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NBC News,
8 Mar. 2021
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For any of us well versed in the components of a true apology, or how to make amends, this all sounds easy enough.
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Isis Dallis,
Quartz,
21 Apr. 2022
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So surrendering to the fact that there is a problem, being genuine and sincere with that, and then making amends.
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Jeff Zillgitt,
USA TODAY,
18 Oct. 2022
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Before Musk took over, however, the company appeared to be making amends.
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Mitchell Clark,
The Verge,
22 Jan. 2023
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