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How to pronounce sorry in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad
Derivation sorriness


a sorry state of affairs.
Type Words
Synonyms blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim
Type Words
Synonyms good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good
Derivation sorriness


a sorry horse.
a sorry excuse.
Type Words
Synonyms bad, regretful

Examples of sorry

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I'm sorry, we do not have a very good track record when democrats are in office.
From the washingtontimes.com
In fact, Spurrier had a hand in South Carolina's sorry history in the spotlight.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It got to the point that even the Giants looked like they felt sorry for Cutler.
From the kentucky.com
We're sorry you have to go to all this trouble to fix the contractor's laziness.
From the sfgate.com
If you want someone who will stop saying what needs to be said, well, I'm sorry.
From the dailymail.co.uk
We can't feel sorry for ourselves, otherwise we are going to get really whipped.
From the web.orange.co.uk
The picture depicts the sorry state of Euro zone amid so many concerning issues.
From the economist.com
Sorry, Sarah and Jane, over two thirds of school students do not agree with you.
From the guardian.co.uk
I am so sorry that this meant I was really anxious during my pregnancy with you.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Regretful: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
  • Deplorable: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
  • Good-for-nothing: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
  • Blue: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
  • Benjamin "Ben" Stevens Adams (born 22 November 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the popular Boyband A1.
  • The Bic Runga single "Sorry" was released as a single only in Australia and Germany; the Australian version of the single included music videos of the songs "Sway" and "Suddenly Strange".
  • "Sorry" is the tenth single by Buckcherry, and the fifth from their third album, 15. It was not originally planned to be a single, but after increasing popularity on Mainstream radio, the band made a video and officially released the song.
  • "Sorry" is a 1966 song and single by Australian rock group The Easybeats, which was written by band members George Young and Stevie Wright. It peaked at #1 on the Australian Go-Set's National Top 40 in mid November 1966. It remained at #1 on the Australian Charts for 2 weeks in November 1966.
  • Sorry is a studio extended play (EP) by Irish pop, soul and soft rock singer Una Healy. The EP was recorded was released on 18th August 2006. Healy released the studio EP Independently after struggerling to find a record label.