apologetically
Example Sentences
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But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
"I don't have any words", she said apologetically and with a smile.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
But even aside from its profitability, many whites in the Antebellum South had come to see slaveholding not as a necessary evil, to be accepted apologetically, but as a positive moral good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
After several hours of me hoping this was intentional on his part, the director does indeed get back to me, apologetically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
“Oh, I am so sorry,” said Monsoon apologetically.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
