APOLOGIZE in a Sentence

Learn APOLOGIZE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
149 example sentences for APOLOGIZE, such as:
1. I'm so sorry, I do apologize.
2. I apologize most humbly, Scarlett.
3. 'I suppose I must apologize,' he said.
4. We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
5. I must apologize for not being able to meet you.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of APOLOGIZE
apologize
 v.  defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
 v.  acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1  The boys were enchanted, as she had intended them to be, and they hastened to apologize for boring her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  You could make him apologize for being a cur and forgive him so sweetly that he would hang around trying to kiss you a second time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  Melanie did not even apologize for her crossness but went back to her sewing with small violence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  If anyone had ever told me that you could be so ill bred, Melly-- No, I will not apologize.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
5  I apologize most humbly, Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
6  But she could not accuse him now, could not rage at him, demand fidelity or try to shame him, any more than she could bring herself to apologize for accusing him of Bonnie's death.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
7  She noted that he did not apologize for it, as Kennicott would have done.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  But I do think you ought to apologize to poor Erik Valborg.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  He waited as if he expected the enemy to suddenly stop, apologize, and retire bowing.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  He really understands tenderness, said Connie, trying to apologize for him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
11  I endeavoured to apologize for the accident, but it was evident that these books which I had so unfortunately maltreated were very precious objects in the eyes of their owner.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
12  "I must really apologize, Hopkins," said Sherlock Holmes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
13  We must apologize for having intruded upon you, Professor Coram, and I promise that we won't disturb you until after lunch.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
14  'I suppose I must apologize,' he said.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In II
15  I wanted to explain that I'd hunted for him early in the evening and to apologize for not having known him in the garden.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  However, the sooner you apologize for your mistake, the more likely it will be viewed as an error in judgment and not a character flaw.
2  I apologize that the set is in raw form, without labels and any documents.
3  You should have the decency to apologize for what you did.
4  A New York City Ballet dancer says a newspaper critic needn't apologize for calling her plump in a performance of "The Nutcracker.
5  The only way to apologize for your abandonment is your resignation.
6  I must apologize for not being able to meet you.
7  We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
8  Despite several promptings from his parents the boy refused to apologize.
9  I must apologize for cancelling our meeting at such short notice.
10  I'm so sorry, I do apologize.
11  He also handed over a letter of apology from the Prime Minister.
12  That's the nearest approach to an apology you'll get from him.
13  That's the nearest approach to an apology you're going to get from Paula.
14  I must offer them an apology for not going to attend their get-gathering.
15  He has said he will make an apology to the whole of Asia for his country's past behaviour.