A redemptive theory about life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I don't know if I could necessarily call it redemptive. From Wordnik.com. [May 2006] Reference
In my spiritual journey into Catholic spirituality, I had come to understand the notion of redemptive suffering. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
“So us being on the roof is some kind of redemptive state.”. From Wordnik.com. [Stars] Reference
Calderone saidhewants to bring a more "redemptive" feel to the network's reality programming. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing wrong with love -- The Live Feed | THR] Reference
This isn't the kind of redemptive novel suited for one of those brisk publisher appendices entitled "Questions for Book Group Discussion.". From Wordnik.com. [In A Seaside Town, Hidden Desires Surface] Reference
2 The protagonist is an anti-hero with very few "redemptive" qualities. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
They'll recall that long, redemptive flight in the team event. From Wordnik.com. [Anybody Seen Any Samurai Around Here?] Reference
Yes, a redemptive journey of the spirit, I can see that in there. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel Chelsea - Nanette 7] Reference
They also lacked the redemptive uplift of Liam Neeson's protagonist. From Wordnik.com. [After The Survivors] Reference
Surely everybody is included in this redemptive purpose of the Lord!. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Bailey's victory was, after a fashion, redemptive for his adopted Canada. From Wordnik.com. [True Finishes] Reference
W&H: This is not an easy movie to watch, but it is hopeful and redemptive. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Silverstein: Interview with Sandra Nettlebeck: Writer/Director of Helen] Reference
Those four words -- unearned suffering is redemptive -- define the movement. From Wordnik.com. [Beck, King and nonviolence] Reference
I touched the grave and found it redemptive like the law forbidding adultery. From Wordnik.com. [The Grave of Rimbaud] Reference
It is this aspect of Christ's redemptive work upon which St. Paul delights to dwell. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
“Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [Beck, King and nonviolence] Reference
The second impulse is the belief in the redemptive power of "correct" historical knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Documenting Blackness] Reference
Mitchard and Sapphire (more on her name later) have written brutal, redemptive first novels. From Wordnik.com. [Beginner's Pluck] Reference
As various couples play out their affairs, we see passion as both humiliating and redemptive. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: A Little Night Music] Reference
Still, the team seemed genuinely thrilled with the redemptive effort that landed them fourth. From Wordnik.com. [Gymnastic Meltdown] Reference
I pray that from John's death, we can somehow move into a more redemptive period as a nation. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The final stage of this redemptive process, Schneerson has told his adherents, is now at hand. From Wordnik.com. [Doth My Redeemer Live?] Reference
Of course, we were foolish to think that one cathartic, redemptive act could wipe the slate clean. From Wordnik.com. [The Stink of Burning Rubber] Reference
Her speech would have been heard in its entirety and might have even been praised for its redemptive quality. From Wordnik.com. [Hermene Hartman: The Shirley Sherrod Debacle: Heads Should Roll] Reference
But when they're in their darkest hour, I want to make sure I am constructive, helpful, redemptive, practical. From Wordnik.com. [After Fall, Evangelical Leader Starts From Scratch] Reference
Naturally enough, they believe with an almost religious zeal in the redemptive power of schools, colleges and courts. From Wordnik.com. [THE INNER CIRCLE] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) HANSEN: But without giving away anything, I mean, the pigeon, there's this redemptive quality. From Wordnik.com. ['Apologize, Apologize!': A Rollicking Family Affair] Reference
A consistency of downward progress - Jefferson was consistent despite failure and that may have made for his redemptive grace. From Wordnik.com. [Preacher Jefferson] Reference
Maybe all publicity is good publicity, or maybe Frey helped himself toward the end of the broadcast by sounding a redemptive note. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrath of Oprah] Reference
How many a day, cold and gray, flowers at sunset into rich redemptive beauty, cheerless avenue leading to its grand Cathedral West!. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
ELLIOTT: You do get a little bit of flack sometimes for this redemptive theme, I guess you could call it, in some of your newer music. From Wordnik.com. [Mary J. Blige, Making 'The Breakthrough'] Reference
In Heartburn, her 1983 novel about the breakup of her marriage to journalist Carl Bernstein, she puts cooking in the same redemptive role. From Wordnik.com. [Comfort Foodies] Reference
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