Apologise
[ә'pɔlәdʒaiz]
Examples
- I must really apologise to your medical friend. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And now I must fly to my dear boy to apologise to him for the wrong which I have done him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She desired me to apologise to you as it is. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I really ought to apologise to you—being only Josiah Bounderby of Coketown—for having stood in your light so long. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I ought rather,' said she, hastily, 'to apologise to you, for having said thoughtless words which sent you down into the danger. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Sir,--I beg to apologise for the delay that has occurred in the production of the Report, with which I engaged to furnish you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thank you, sir; I am sorry to give-- Oh, no need to apologise! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However, when a person gives a bad dinner, and apologises for not giving you a better, the apology is always more insufferable than the dinner. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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