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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Our backs are against the wall and no one’s going to feel sorry.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 Oct. 2021
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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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There isn't a part of me that wants anyone to feel sorry for me.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2024
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Ina felt sorry for Marek, for his wrenched body and strange mind.
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Ottessa Moshfegh,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
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But this isn’t the polished prep of the past—sorry, Blair Waldorf!
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Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2024
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No one feels sorry for them when someone is hurt [with the Heat] or with us.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 July 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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But that is a sick and a sorry state of mind to have to settle for, Meise reminds us.
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Washington Post,
20 Apr. 2022
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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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The sorry Sox need to stop selling 2022 as some kind of mirage.
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Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Oct. 2022
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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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These and other sorry facts have long been known, though.
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John Loughery,
Washington Post,
29 July 2022
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In the grind of a long baseball season, here’s the exact number of teams that feel sorry for the Padres: 0.
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Bryce Millercolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2022
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Joe Biden and the Democrats are feeling very sorry for themselves.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
1 June 2022
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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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There are a number of reasons for this sorry fact—time and budget, war and other tragedies.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Dec. 2024
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For a country that prides itself on freedom, Florida’s book, class and topic bans are a sorry sight.
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Brayden Pryor,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Dec. 2024
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