How to Use recompense in a Sentence

recompense

noun
  • He is asking for a just recompense for the work he's done.
  • My entire life is just such an attempt at recompense.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The recompense for those who can manage all this can be substantial.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022
  • Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 2 Aug. 2022
  • As a recompense to the victims, the firm is offering this service free for a year.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Consumers are still waiting for their recompense.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Your bread won’t have the same dark crust, but the moist crumb flavored with brown butter and maple syrup is ample recompense.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In most crimes, there is some way to repair the damage, some way to right the balance and recompense the victim.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Later, a group of masked robbers showed up back at the house, demanding recompense.
    — Dale Eisinger, Billboard, 25 June 2017
  • Then, warm weather lovers can likely get recompense by Tuesday.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • There are laws setting out wages for laborers, and recompense for fires and other damages.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Yet a stranger had come to my aid unprompted, without judgment or seeking recompense.
    — Jane Bao, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Without a single nickel of recompense—to them or their descendants.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 23 June 2022
  • True Grit, then, could be seen as a kind of offer in recompense, a tribute to these women and their stern elegance.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • These deals are also where creators of successful shows might get some indirect recompense.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
  • Then much of this recompense can fairly be viewed as overdue, regardless of how trends may now benefit a new class of rappers.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Most have an attendance policy and an absence means a paper must be written as recompense.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Their hopes for full recompense from McDonald’s were thwarted by the court ruling.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • That was seen as fitting recompense for a season in which Garner has made significant strides.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • When the payments stop, insurers must still provide the discounts, but without recompense.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Without a single nickel of recompense—to survivors (among which was my father) or their descendants.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 23 June 2022
  • The consumer still pays at the pump this morning and receives a modest quarterly rebate months later — a recompense that is too small and too slow.
    — David S. Cohen, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • The more junior bond due in 2022 will be second in the queue and its holders won’t be looking forward to much recompense.
    — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • De-extinction could be seen as a recompense for the hundreds of species humans have partly or wholly driven to extinction.
    — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 9 Feb. 2022
  • In recompense, the new series fills out its cast with faces including the actress Mischa Barton.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
  • And that makes reparations the most logical, most American, way of recompense.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Funds spent freezing your credit or paying for credit monitoring in the wake of the breach are eligible for recompense in this section.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 26 July 2019
  • Everywhere in the house, the pandemic takes things away and technology offers recompense.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 July 2020
  • Most of the people who lost businesses and property were denied recompense through insurance and other legal claims.
    — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Under the Fast-Track program, however, the farms were taken without any recompense.
    — Craig Richardson, National Review, 10 Dec. 2020

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