sorry
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"OK, I'm sorry," Massey was heard saying before she ducked.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
But she urges supporters not to feel sorry for her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“I’m sorry I didn’t see it earlier and wish I had never supported him.”
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
I’m sorry that you appear to be that person in this situation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I’m so sorry to bother you. My, um . . . running partner’s a little dehydrated. Is there any way you could give her a cup of water?”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
He scored 24 goals, including two hat-tricks, and, without him, United would have been in an even sorrier state than the one they ended up in.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022
The International Criminal Court has a sorrier record.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2020
And sorrier still because there might not be many more of them in the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2019
The one of us who dropped the mango is sufficiently sorry for her error, and even sorrier to discover that she has entirely misplaced her fork.
From The Verge ● Sep. 19, 2017
Despite Doc’s caution, I was about to feel sorrier for myself than even I could imagine.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
To Kirby and Andrew Nocella, a revenue guru he recruited from American, many of United’s problems could be traced back to the industry’s sorriest plane: the 50-seat regional jet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Having failed to learn from history, he’s poised to repeat its sorriest sagas, in the service of his ignorant, misinformed prejudices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Schofield recently revealed he believes his career is now over following the affair which he apologised for, calling it his "biggest, sorriest secret".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
Thomas played 10,363 consecutive snaps before that injury as one of the only dependable parts on one of the NFL’s sorriest franchises.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Watching even the sorriest of sporting events bears no resemblance to coming upon an accident and hoping to exploit it for your own personal gain.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing sorry
"The Road Not Taken"
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