apologetic

Example Sentences

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Cucurella was viewed as genuinely apologetic for failing to raise his concerns privately before speaking publicly.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But her very existence gave a certain kind of young woman a compelling model of how to be a brasher, less apologetic, more feminist person in the world.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

He’s insufficiently grateful to the people he owes, and insufficiently apologetic to those he’s wronged.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Cynthia, who in her 20s entered a marriage that any actuarial table would have advised strongly against, is almost apologetic for finding herself wed to Warren.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

I shot Davis an apologetic look, but he didn’t see, because he was looking at my mom.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green