sorry
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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
Network Rail and Greater Thameslink Railway, whose Southern Rail train was involved in the crash, said in a joint statement they were "sorry this happened on our railway".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
‘Or for how I act, or what actions I might or might not support. But I’m sorry for how I talked to you, and I won’t do that again.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
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
It’s a sorrier sign still that the Iranian foreign minister is in the right.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2017
“Gee, I’m sorrier than I’ve ever been in all my life,” he cried.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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
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
“I’m the sorriest of all,” Jenna says, her eyes filling with tears.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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