How to Use sorry in a Sentence
sorry
adjective
- I'm sorry for your loss.
- What a sorry state of affairs we're in now.
- She was sorry to hear about their divorce.
- I'm sorry for saying that.
- I'm sorry that I wasted your time.
- That's the sorriest excuse I've heard.
- I'm sorry if I offended you.
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Back to Venezuela, and the Ferrari being in a sorry state.
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Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
15 Nov. 2022
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My old moped was in there too, filthy dirty, a sorry sight.
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Martin Aitken,
Harper's Magazine,
16 Aug. 2023
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Olivia Culpo wants to be his endgame…sorry, wrong team.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2024
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One thing's for sure: Last one to call dibs has to be Midge—sorry not sorry.
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Emily Becker,
Women's Health,
6 Sep. 2023
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Yogurt hit the cocktail world with a splat (sorry) in 2013.
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Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2023
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At the event, Arnn described the sorry state of American schools.
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Emma Green,
The New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2023
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But because the sorry state of transplant medicine took us down.
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Seyward Darby,
Longreads,
19 Apr. 2023
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And with all of the drama the league saw on Week One (sorry Jets fans!), there’s no telling what this week’s games will look like.
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Bychris Morris,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2023
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Or the rather girthy (sorry) long-necked avocados that were one of the first fruits to take off in views.
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Antara Sinha,
Bon Appétit,
20 Dec. 2022
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This may be the first time my sister is hearing this, so – sorry!
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Chuck Wilcoxen,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2023
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But then there’s time to say sorry, or to seek counseling; to fix things.
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Hanna Krueger,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 May 2023
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The whole sorry episode has only shown that Kevin McCarthy just isn’t good at this.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
28 Apr. 2023
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That’s what counts as a silver lining to this sorry tale.
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Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2024
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My name is Houston Mitchell, and sorry for the lack of newsletter this week.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2023
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Daniel Radcliffe is about to be a Dad-iel Radcliffe (sorry).
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Vulture,
26 Mar. 2023
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Keke does a little bump and grind (not sorry about that pun) during an SNL sketch.
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Staff Author,
Peoplemag,
9 Jan. 2023
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There could be some tired bodies, but no one’s going to feel sorry for us.
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Dallas News,
15 Jan. 2023
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Chris Brown is sorry for being a sore loser at the Grammy Awards.
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Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2023
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Don’t for a second accept your in-laws’ sorry attempt to pass the blame onto you.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
9 June 2023
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Taylor Swift has all but stolen the spotlight this football season, and the NFL isn’t sorry.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
5 Oct. 2023
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One downside is that the design/shape of the bag is made to be worn on the right shoulder only (sorry, lefties!).
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Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2023
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The gilded proscenium masks — sorry to use that word — the fact that most of the scenic design is made from curtains.
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Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2023
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The union said Latham is sorry and has tried to offer an apology to Shaw.
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Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
28 Apr. 2023
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