remorseful
adjective
re·morse·ful
ri-ˈmȯrs-fəl 
: motivated or marked by remorse
remorsefulness
noun
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Examples of remorseful in a Sentence
was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family
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When an angry Brooke (Essie Randles) shuts her bedroom door on a remorseful Amy (Alison Brie), Amy simply sails in through the adjoining bathroom instead; one gets the sense that these sisters have acted out this exact sequence of events thousands of times before.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
Grievous police and legal negligence, a wrongful conviction, and a remorseful juror.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2024
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
Grievous police and legal negligence, a wrongful conviction, and a remorseful juror.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for remorseful
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“Remorseful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remorseful. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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