apologetic
Example Sentences
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Reception staff at the hotel were apologetic, Nowell said, but they could not explain how the incident had happened.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
And when I spoke to Bisognano the day of the Virginia referendum, there was a lightly apologetic undertone to the conversation.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Too often, it arrives over-mashed and under-seasoned — pale, pasty, faintly apologetic.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Cynthia, who in her 20s entered a marriage that any actuarial table would have advised strongly against, is almost apologetic for finding herself wed to Warren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Gina is likely tapping her fingers and waiting for the apologetic call she knows is coming.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Vocabulary lists containing apologetic
Feeling Sorry?
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