How to Use apology in a Sentence

apology

noun
  • There's a scene in the film that's an apology from one character to another.
    Devan Coggan and Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Banks is seeking $1 million in damages as well as a public apology.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Kamel’s film represents both an apology and an homage to the man who provided a steady and steadying influence in her life.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • None offered any apology to Korean forced laborers for the harsh treatment at the mines.
    Mari Yamaguchi and Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Beijing time the morning after the measures were announced, Zhang posted a long apology.
    Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • While no one was convicted in the disappearances, the navy last year issued a rare formal apology to the victims’ families.
    Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The 1975 musician later issued a public apology on Reddit and took his tweets down.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Hill stages a few too many climactic gunfights, yet every one is a moral test, whether in a duplicitous sheriff’s apology, or Borlund and Cribbens’s final face-to-face.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Dec. 2022
  • This was addressed at the time and apologies were made.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 21 May 2024
  • With all apologies to Mr. Cochran, his just ain’t quite as good!
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But so many of the apologies are for other, more amorphous things.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • On whether Samuel owes him an apology: There doesn’t need to be.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • My apologies to those who have won something; the masses don’t.
    Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The post sparked outrage, and the Spences quickly issued apologies.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • And Wednesday night, after the event, some parents said the apologies did not go far enough.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • With apologies to Jimmy McMillan, the problem is that the number of homes is too damn low.
    Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Quite frankly, there’s no excuse that this apology took 50 years to make.
    Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Again, our apologies for a long first day for some of our students and their families.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2023
  • With apologies to the original theme, the result doesn’t keep its head above water, much less make a wave.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But, sometimes there’s a man, a man for his time and place, who fits right in, and with apologies to the Big Lebowski, Chandran Sankaran, is that man.
    Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Get ready for our first celebrity Notes app non-apology of 2023!
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But, with apologies to the Purple One, 1999 was a watershed year in pop culture.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • The apology did not explain why the only images shared showed Black men.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 June 2023
  • The person who answered referred to the pastor’s apology on the church’s website and ended the call.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
  • An apology tweet was issued from the same X account that day.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
  • Despite her apologies during last week’s episode, Heather needed to give out a few more.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • And Corey says there is no point responding to an apology she was never meant to hear.
    Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Investors and users alike were looking for a sincere apology, for the hurt caused and for breaking their trust.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • Host Jerrod Carmichael opened the telecast with a monologue that sounded like an apology and a warmup to an awards show.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Metro Boomin is yet to react to Soulja Boy’s olive branch apology.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 May 2024

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