How to Use apologize in a Sentence

apologize

verb

• The Catholic Church in Canada will have to do much more than apologize to heal the wrongs at the schools.
  — Peter Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2022
• Austen and Craig hugged it out, but Austen didn't want to apologize.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022
• By the way, at the end of that summer camp so long ago, the director apologized to me.
  — Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• Don’t be afraid to make a mistake, apologize, and learn.
  — Ludmila Praslova, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• When Clark approached the suspect, the young man apologized to him.
  — Ash-Har Quraishi, Amy Corral, CBS News, 13 June 2023
• Harry writes that Kate came by the next day with flowers and a card to apologize.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
• Grayson drew his gun and Massey clutched the pot tighter to her body, apologized and then ducked down away from the gun pointed at her.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
• Has anyone who was part of that pile-on since apologized to you?
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
• Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Goyal did not apologize for the noise, the spectacle, or the show.
  — Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
• This also gives her a chance to explain and to apologize, if need be.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2025
• Gosling gave Ken’s prized guitar to Jimin to apologize.
  — Mark Kennedy, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
• Cohen, 55, said the comment was a joke but apologized to Glanville.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• And if so, would leaders need to apologize to those who disagreed with them?
  — Liz Guthridge, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
• So would Bale apologize to Ukraine for snatching away its own World Cup dream?
  — Rob Harris, ajc, 4 June 2022
• Melissa apologizes to Ravyn for throwing the drink in her face.
  — EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
• My instinct is to apologize for adding to the deluge of media about Dimes Square.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 10 Aug. 2022
• The very next day, a supervisor called CSI to apologize and told them to throw out the tickets.
  — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• Trump tweeted that the cast had harassed Pence and should apologize.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• Neither had spoken to Gascón, who apologized the same day the posts went viral.
  — EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
• Once the 27-year-old Castano stood up, Solano walked from his spot along the first-base line and put his arm around Castano to apologize for the line drive.
  — Bobby Nightengale, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
• Webster turned to apologize to Rathbun, who was in the courtroom but didn’t address the judge.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Mizuhara addressed the court and apologized to Ohtani, the Dodgers, the government and his family.
  — Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
• Trump did not apologize for the meeting or condemn the two men’s beliefs.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
• Jen gets to be herself and not apologize for her success.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 Oct. 2022
• Because Beller reached out to me last week — 23 years later — to apologize.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• Gonzales says he's found God and will use his last words to apologize.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The senator, George Lang of West Chester, apologized after the event.
  — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 22 July 2024
• Tells Sally enough = enough: Liv has apologized, is time for Sally to accept Liv’s apology, put this behind us.
  — George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
• The verdict came after a blunder by Miami-Dade state prosecutors, who felt the need to apologize to jurors for not identifying a purse on the couch next to where Knighton was sitting in Blount’s apartment when she was shot.
  — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025