sorry
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Piqued, Burkina's military ruler Ibrahim Traore complained the country's football was "in a sorry state" and threatened "significant decisions" to "remedy it".
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Following the inquest in 2023 the trust said: "We recognise there were failings in the care we provided and we are truly sorry."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Carson, you guys have to do better. This was horrible. Horrible. And I’m so sorry that I played because I would not have gotten onstage knowing that she was still there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"We are sorry and we know we have work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people," Kwon said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“I’m sorry it had to be this way.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
He kept forgetting that she was dead and then remembering, and he was sorrier about it every time he did.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
When he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011, one of the sorriest franchises in the NBA suddenly became the best show in basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
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
“I am trying to vindicate rightfully the sorriest mistake that I have ever made in the practice of law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The sorriest late endorser for this wild legal document was McCarthy, the minority leader.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2020
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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