be sorry for
Example Sentences
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“If she feels she has to do one more cycle because she needs to be sure that she will not be sorry for not trying, we will give her the chance.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Instead, she remembered Jaffe telling her, “‘If you did a perfect variation and didn’t have a good interpretation, I would be sorry for you.’”
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023
“I’m sorry,” she said repeatedly to Judge Lisa Lench, who replied that she had nothing to be sorry for and called for a short break.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022
And he won’t say sorry for that, because his grandpa taught him he shouldn’t be sorry for anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022
These are strange and breathless days, the dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
