sorry
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It was a day the 15,000 home fans on Centre Court, thousands more on Henman Hill - sorry, Arthur's Seat - and those engrossed across the country will never forget.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I feel also sorry for the United States,” Solbakken said, “because if they win, that will always hang in the balance for it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In June, the Church of England said it was "profoundly sorry" for its role in forced adoptions.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Last month, the Church of England last month said sorry for its role in the forced adoptions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I’m sorry, I don’t know what I did.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
A: I’m so sorry you’ve been put in this situation, and even sorrier that your advisor hasn’t put a stop to it sooner.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
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
I felt sorrier for him than I did for my mother.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
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
His book is a powerful and outrage-making if somewhat academic analysis of the forces that have made West Virginia one of the sorriest places — statistically, at any rate — to live in America.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
“Well, no. And I’m sorry about that. I guess I’m sorriest about that.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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