WHAT DOES SORRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of sorry in the English dictionary
The first definition of sorry in the dictionary is often foll by for feeling or expressing pity, sympathy, remorse, grief, or regret. Other definition of sorry is pitiful, wretched, or deplorable. Sorry is also poor; paltry.
10 QUOTES WITH «SORRY»
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sorry.
I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.
I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry!
I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'
I started my career as a liberal arts major from Berkeley, wrote about enterprise IT for a few years, then followed my passion for the digital narrative into graduate school as well (also at Berkeley, the Oxford of the West or, perhaps, the Harvard - sorry Stanford!). My first project out of grad school was 'Wired' magazine.
Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.
I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.
I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.
But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORRY»
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sorry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sorry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before.
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When
Sorry Isn't Enough: The Controversy Over Apologies and ...
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Train Go
Sorry: Inside a Deaf World
"Train go sorry" is the American Sign Language expression for "missing the boat.
The story of the invisible author who came to Mrs.
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Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics
In Sorry States, she argues that a country's acknowledgment of past misdeeds is essential for promoting trust and reconciliation after war.
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Sorry I Pooped in Your Shoe: (and Other Heartwarming Letters ...
Offering doggie logic and practical puppy-to-person advice, this charming book will have dog lovers rolling on the floor laughing with their pets, while learning what those wagging tails and puppy dog eyes are really saying.
My name is Piper Hadley and I went missing on the last Saturday of the summer holidays three years ago.
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Martha doesn't say
sorry!
Adorably clad in her pink dress and matching headband, Martha is ready to do just about anything-except say those three little words: I am sorry.
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Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed: (and Other Heartwarming Letters ...
DIV Inside Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed, writer and comedian Jeremy Greenberg presents a collection of laugh-out-loud letters and photographs that offer a cat's eye view on common feline vs. human cohabitation conundrums.
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I'm
Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants ...
Karen Phelan not only explains why the emperor—our sacred ways of managing—has no clothes but provides us with insightful alternatives that promise to add real value to our organizations and the people that make them function.” ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORRY»
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sorry is used in the context of the following news items.
How Sorry Saved the Family Business
The mood was uncharacteristically somber in the conference room of Hincapie Sportswear as George Hincapie prepared to speak at an all-company meeting on ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Sorry: Is it too hard for 'macho' company bosses to say?
"They did say sorry, but it took them a little while because they were trying to decide who was responsible," says Magnus Carter, reputational management ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Sorry to burst your bubble
WHEN Chinese shares plunged earlier this month, the government tried frantically to limit the damage. It pumped cash into the market, capped short-selling and ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
Sorry, but it's time for women to stop apologising so much
'Sorry, is there something gross in my food?', when you know there is something gross in your food, is not an apology: it's a non-assertive complaint. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Greece's Sorry Reckoning
FALIRON BAY, Greece — THE sea, as I look from my office window, is calm. Little white sailboats glide over silver waters in the Saronic Gulf. A picture of peace, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Sorry, Donald Trump Has A Point
You are hardly a name-brand company if you haven't dumped Donald Trump over the past seven days. NBC, Univision and Macy's have all thrown The Donald ... «Politico, Jul 15»
Singapore mom of detained teen blogger Amos Yee: 'Sorry, son'
(CNN) The mother of detained teen blogger Amos Yee has written a heartfelt apology letter to her son, as he faces years in "reformative training" after being ... «CNN, Jun 15»
The 'sorry' state of Canadian manners
Canadians are famously polite — so much so that their reflexive use of the word “sorry,” even when their behaviour doesn't warrant it, has become as closely ... «MetroNews Canada, Jun 15»
I Can't Apologize (Sorry!)
I'm sorry, but Brian Williams has one job: to speak words. And yet his struggle to say two simple but very important ones created a lot of drama for the now former ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Why Women Apologize and Should Stop
I don't eat meat, a dietary restriction for which I was “very sorry.” By the time a plate of edible food appeared, my fork had been a casualty of the confusion. «New York Times, Jun 15»
