contrite

Example Sentences

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Lévy, at the time, was contrite and complimented the hoaxer for his ruse.

From New York Times

These two, just hours from the battlefield, were by turns contrite and defensive.

From Washington Post

China initially had a contrite tone about the balloon, saying that it was a weather craft that had drifted off course.

From New York Times

A lawyer for Trennis Evans III, who took a swig of whiskey in a congressional conference room during the riot, told the judge in court papers that Evans was “sincerely remorseful, and duly contrite.”

From Seattle Times

In court papers before his sentencing, Evans’ lawyer called him “quite self-reproving, sincerely remorseful, and duly contrite.”

From Seattle Times