ask pardon
Example Sentences
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Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2013
I was a little cross," he wrote one of his generals, "I ask pardon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tell my wife I love her dearly and ask pardon for all I have done.
From Time Magazine Archive
On their way back from the Heart of Darkness, they stopped at the temple to ask pardon of their gods.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Watch yourself, be the first to ask pardon if you both err, and guard against the little piques, misunderstandings, and hasty words that often pave the way for bitter sorrow and regret.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
