beg pardon

Example Sentences

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Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2018

"Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient," the pontiff continued.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2018

I, a member of Holy Redeemer Church, humbly beg pardon.

From Time Magazine Archive

I didn't want, under any circumstances to be tied up to a lawyer who might handle the claim or not�I beg pardon if I am criticizing lawyers�I am sure they are high class lawyers.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Well, he ought to beg pardon, and believe me when I say I can’t tell him what the fuss’s about.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott