How to Use redemptive in a Sentence

redemptive

adjective
Definition of redemptivenext
  • One of the beauties of all sports is a redemptive storyline.
    — Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force that will bring new light to this dark city.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The notion of work as a redemptive force is central to Bannon’s thinking, as well as to his own habits.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Lots of so-so joshery about college life, a big mawkish moment and a redemptive theme make this strictly mall fodder.
    — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Perry has darker designs and doesn’t do redemptive endings.
    — Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Even the villainous Julian gets a redemptive aha moment.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2017
  • And history has proven over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • There is also a redemptive quality to the family discussions.
    — Matt Viser, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
  • Even his truly astonishing degree of promiscuity had its redemptive aspects.
    — Daniel Oppenheimer, New Republic, 2 Oct. 2017
  • His performance kept his team in the game before Orlando delivered a redemptive strike in the bottom of the seventh inning and the offense clicked in the eighth.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 27 Sep. 2017
  • His deepening estrangement from his devoted son is also pure sentimental schlock, while a redemptive final twist feels glib and didactic.
    — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The win was redemptive after French and Schrantz lost in the semis last year as the No. 1 seed.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2022
  • James gets his redemptive moment at the end of the episode.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The win was redemptive for West Hills (15-6), a third-year program.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • There is a sad but redemptive end to the story of Yuri Boyka.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The long shot of Esti in orgasm, aimed at her face and arching neck, feels like the movie’s redemptive core.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 30 Apr. 2018
  • He was taken with the song’s redemptive love story and tucked it away, hoping for the right time to record it.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 May 2024
  • But true to form, the Pulitzer Prize-winning hip-hop star doesn’t approach it in an easy redemptive arc.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • Then, the guys discuss the redemptive stories of Jeff Okudah and Emoni Bates.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Many whites have been more than happy to sit back and allow black people to do all the redemptive work.
    — Dahleen Glanton, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
  • This is a show that shows us sometimes at our worst, but at the same time there’s a redemptive undertone.
    — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2019
  • The ending of the film, then, may be perversely redemptive.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • But no matter, on Thursday there was a fire and joy in her set that proved how redemptive music can still be in the wake of such a loss.
    — August Brown, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The goal shattered the redemptive arc for a Red Stars team plagued with injuries and challenges throughout the 2021 season.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • This is a redemptive movement, rooted deeply in love and justice and truth.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 18 June 2022
  • The result was one of the best redemptive seasons in sports history.
    — Dan Greene, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • But Tiger has also taken a redemptive road along the way, trying to heal mind body and spirit.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The rawness of Moonlight’s pain and the thrill of its redemptive power are undiminished.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
  • While two years before he was charged with the battery of a pregnant woman, many saw redemptive changes in the rapper in the final months of his life.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
  • The film continues to follow a familiar formula while overloading the third act with a late-blooming catalyst for John’s redemptive arc.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 July 2024

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