sorry
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After the board papers were published, Dr Holden said: "This review is clear that sadly, we have failed families. We are truly sorry."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
In response, Burnham said: "I am listening and I'm sorry it has got to the point that you need to close your doors."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It’s easy to kick the Chargers while they are down, and for the Chargers to feel sorry for themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I'm so sorry I can't be with you. What a great honour it is," Leigh said in a video acceptance speech.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I feel sorry for Father, Grandpa, and me.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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 could not be sorrier to hear about your parents’ deaths.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2019
And sorrier still because there might not be many more of them in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2019
“He stayed with me while you were sick, and now I’m sorry to part with him. And sorrier to part with you, Sparrowhawk. But I’m going home. Here, hoeg! go to your true master!”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It took until Game 162, but they clinched a spot in the postseason on Sunday, outlasting the even sadder Texas Rangers in baseball’s sorriest war of attrition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Having failed to learn from history, he’s poised to repeat its sorriest sagas, in the service of his ignorant, misinformed prejudices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
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
Thomas played 10,363 consecutive snaps before that injury as one of the only dependable parts on one of the NFL’s sorriest franchises.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
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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