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
“While he may now be sorry for the choices he made and the consequences of those choices, he’s still responsible for them,” Carew said of Kenjar.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023
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
"I know for some of you it was a horrible decision on my part, and I will always be sorry for that, but I promise you it was the right one," she wrote on Instagram.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2022
‘I guess this is just exactly where he meant to bring us. Gollum! If ever I lay hands on you again, you’ll be sorry for it.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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