How to Use remorseful in a Sentence

remorseful

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• Those who were close to Irabu, and there weren’t many of them, were remorseful about his death.
  — Ben Reiter, SI.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• No, because Webb was too remorseful about the wild pitch that Buster Posey couldn’t come up with.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
• Barnette said the student was very remorseful and said the comment was a joke.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• But once onstage, DaBaby didn’t seem to be in as remorseful of a mood.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2021
• The businessman was remorseful for his actions, the lawyer told The Wall Street Journal via email at the time of his guilty plea.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
• While the judge did deem Harris remorseful, the deals were done as a package so both were dissolved.
  — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2020
• When asked about the text, Jenner appeared to be remorseful.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022
• The sheriff, who was not at the scene, said deputies reported Starr was remorseful.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2020
• His client, Baltz said, was ashamed, humbled and remorseful.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 June 2021
• His supporters say Jones turned his life around in prison, and is remorseful.
  — CBS News, 14 May 2021
• The interview gave the impression that Morgan-Lloyd was not remorseful, but that isn't the case, her lawyer said.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• In the years since the crime, Weier was described in court as articulate, mature and remorseful.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2021
• William briefly removes himself from the equation but is roped back into the mix by a remorseful Dede and Marcus.
  — EW.com, 19 June 2020
• Finkelstein said Cruz is deeply troubled and remorseful over the shooting.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
• That being said, Steinmetz said her client is remorseful for what occurred and wants to put this behind him.
  — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2020
• Halberg said the defense has a lot to work with, because Potter has no prior record and is remorseful.
  — Amy Forliti, ajc, 24 Dec. 2021
• The surgeon who had made the error was remorseful and had offered to correct it, but had passed away of cancer soon after.
  — Kavita Das, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2018
• In this week’s edition: A remorseful juror decides to take a stand—more than 30 years later.
  — Longreads, 19 Jan. 2024
• Everyone in the picture was just looking around, with no sad or remorseful looks.
  — Mark Elibert, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
• Garrett was remorseful after the incident, which will go a long way toward him getting back in the league.
  — cleveland, 12 Feb. 2020
• Moon said the driver, who had been a FedEx contractor, was very remorseful and had recently had a death in the family.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2021
• Sam lets it out in his manly, whoop-de-doo gym aria that Andrew Potter made more playful, even a touch remorseful, than show-offy.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021
• Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was remorseful and relieved, and most of all, ready to move forward.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2021
• Garrett was remorseful after the incident, which will go a long way towards getting back in the league.
  — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
• In taped jailhouse phone calls, Lavender didn't seem remorseful.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• Bissey wasn't so remorseful after the riot, Judge Chutkan said.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Oct. 2021
• Eppley said Gilbert is remorseful for the fraud scheme and looks forward to moving on with her life upon release from prison.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
• At the beginning, the soul is very remorseful and repenting, but the soul is redeemed throughout the cantata.
  — Patrick Neas, kansascity, 10 June 2018
• Martinez, remorseful, was sentenced to a 6-month prison work program.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
• Records of the interrogation make clear that, far from being remorseful, Mr. Sinwar saw beating confessions out of the collaborators as a righteous duty.
  — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024