as in ashamed
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family
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Recent Examples of remorseful
The crew seems to have learned their lesson, or at least put on their most remorseful faces.
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Caleb's very remorseful and his heartfelt sympathies are extended to the Parris family.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Higgins no longer drinks, and has been remorseful since she was first taken into custody, Gipson-McLean said.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
When deputies showed up at his home, Colin Gray did not appear remorseful, Ward testified.
—Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Caleb's very remorseful and his heartfelt sympathies are extended to the Parris family.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Higgins no longer drinks, and has been remorseful since she was first taken into custody, Gipson-McLean said.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
When deputies showed up at his home, Colin Gray did not appear remorseful, Ward testified.
—Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remorseful
Adjective
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Patrick Mahomes was ashamed of his spike attempt, too.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2025
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This tender moment is just more proof that even the toughest-looking guys in sports aren't ashamed of the sensitive side their kids bring out, and might actually be eager to show the world how much their families mean to them, on and off the field.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Like, sorry, life isn't some perfect script for everyone.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Some of those starts were even with MBM—sorry, Garage 66.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Reubens is candid and perhaps regretful about some of his controlling behavior on the show, and its eventual demise; ditto some of the choices made on Big Top Pee-Wee.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Her scenes with Burstein are rich and funny and regretful; those with June (Jordan Tyson) and Louise (Joy Woods) are withering.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Now, an apologetic Martin, who says the damage to the bluff was unintentional, has won city of Miami approval for an unprecedented fix — hiring a skilled stonemason to recreate the missing top two-and-a-half feet of the exposed, naturally jagged rock outcropping.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Guard member was apologetic as people kept coming up, begging to get medication, clothes and insurance papers from their homes.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In his new statement, Suga took an even more repentant tone, apologizing for damaging his reputation and disappointing fans while opening himself to any further punishment.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2024
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Released 24 years after a debut verse on an album no less auspicious than Outkast’s Stankonia, this was a veteran artist taking stock, vividly drawing the lines between the struggling kid and the grateful, repentant adult.—
Christopher R. Weingarten,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Everyone would be expecting a contrite performance from him, tepid jokes about male-female relationships, jokes about how horrible men were, and so on.—
Camille Bordas,
Harper's Magazine,
2 May 2024
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Scotty was pretty contrite during the reunion, but Aria was clearly heartbroken.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But with Cash on the vocals, the song and the man singing are nearly penitent.—
Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Eighteen years later, playing the beloved daughter of Al Pacino’s Michael, she is shot dead on the steps of the opera house in Palermo, taking a bullet meant for the belatedly penitent godfather, who now comprehends without any doubt that there is no escaping the sins of his or his relatives’ past.—
Andrew Marzoni,
The New Republic,
3 Nov. 2023
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