sorry
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Ms. Rabe strikes notes of piteousness, pride and, movingly, steadfast love, when she says: “Adieu, my lord. I never wished to see you sorry; now I trust I shall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Asked whether he would say sorry for his "disrespectful behaviour" in parliament on Tuesday, the Australian leader said: "I reject the assertion in the question."
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“He’s turning around, he’s looking at me, like, ‘I’m sorry, man, I wanted that for you so bad,’” Adams recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
"I don't just feel sorry for the victims but I feel sorry that this happened. How can this happen in our country," Anutin added.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m sorry to have missed her,” I continue.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
He scored 24 goals, including two hat-tricks, and, without him, United would have been in an even sorrier state than the one they ended up in.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022
The International Criminal Court has a sorrier record.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2020
I’m sorry this happened and sorrier still that we’re in this spot.
From Slate ● May 19, 2020
And sorrier still because there might not be many more of them in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2019
“Gee, I’m sorrier than I’ve ever been in all my life,” he cried.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
When he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011, one of the sorriest franchises in the NBA suddenly became the best show in basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Schofield recently revealed he believes his career is now over following the affair which he apologised for, calling it his "biggest, sorriest secret".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
“I am trying to vindicate rightfully the sorriest mistake that I have ever made in the practice of law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
And technology has been one of the sorriest stock-market sectors this year, down 31.4 percent through the end of the third quarter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Once outside the barn, Pita stood behind me, staring at the sorriest sight we’d ever seen.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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