Word Finder - sorry

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The act of saying sorry; an apology.

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(of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

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I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.

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Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

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The storm left his garden in a sorry state.

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Pathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust.

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Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

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Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

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Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.

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Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

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Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.

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Used to correct oneself in speech.

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There are four — sorry, five — branches of the store locally.

I am very sorry for them.

I actually felt a little sorry for her.

I'm sorry, sweetheart, but at least for now, I think it's better that you're not involved.

I'm sorry about your father.

I'm sorry I was rude to you, and I know it's not your fault you look so good in that suit.

I'm sorry, but there is no mistake.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

I am sorry for him.

I'm sorry you're not staying longer.

But I'm sorry to leave you.

I'm sorry I acted that way.

You don't have to feel sorry for me.

I am so sorry for him!

God, I'm sorry, breaking down like that.

I am sorry if I have given her trouble.

Prince Andrew felt sorry for his sister.

I'm glad you came, but I'm sorry to put you to the trouble.

He suddenly felt sorry for her and was vaguely conscious that he might be the cause of the sadness her face expressed.

I was wrong to kick the Sawhorse, and I am sorry I became angry at him.

The general had so wished to do this and was so sorry he had not managed to do it that it seemed to him as if it had really happened.

I remember that I was sorry for them.

Sorry fella, I didn't mean to spook you.

And I am sorry for that, he went on.

Sometimes I am dreadfully sorry for her.

I'm sorry I talked about her that way.

I'm sorry; I couldn't get the words out of my mouth.

No, Mamma, but I'm so sorry for him.

He'd feel sorry for her and she didn't want that.

I pity Prince Vasili but am still more sorry for Pierre.

I am very sorry you can't.

I'm sorry I'm so positive about this.

I'm sorry I involved you but we're in this together; the five of us.

I'm sorry I let my attention drift.

Indeed, why should anyone feel sorry for her?

Yes. I'm sorry so many buildings are gone but that one block is enough.

I am sorry that you have no little children to play with you sometimes; but I think you are very happy with your books, and your many, many friends.

I am sorry for him as a man, but what can one do?

She evidently felt frightened and ashamed to have accepted charity in a house where such things could be said, and was at the same time sorry to have now to forgo the charity of this house.

Ah, Prince, how sorry I am to part from you!

No matter how sorry Alex was for what happened, or how many times he apologized or tried to make up for it, he couldn't remove the hurt.

I'm sorry if I offended you.

I am very sorry that you are going so far away.

Do you know, I cannot help feeling sorry for these trees with all their fashionable airs?

Sorry, babe, but it's real.

Possibly, but I'm still sorry.

I am sorry because they cannot see much.

He thought of her pregnancy and felt sorry for her and for himself, and in a nervously emotional and softened mood he went out of the hut in which he was billeted with Nesvitski and began to walk up and down before it.

Vasili Dmitrich, I'm so sorry for you!...

I am so fond of Julie that I should be sorry for her.