How to use apologize in a sentence

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• He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.From the entry for
• You were late, which was bad, but what's worse, you haven't even apologized yet.From the entry which
• Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.From the entry class
• I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that’s the truth of the matter.From the entry sensibility
• He brushed past, doing no harm but not apologizing for his contact either.From the entry brushed
• The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.From the entry unduly
• Instead of apologizing to his girlfriend, he decided to add fuel to the fire.From the entry add fuel to the fire
• Hadn't we better apologize? Surely we hadn't to be late.From the entry hadn't
• I did not expect you'd come before I asked you to, but do expect you to apologize for it.From the entry expect
• I don't know if I'll ever see the day when that bully will apologize for all the times he wronged me.From the entry see the day
• I should think you would apologize.From the entry should
• He apologized for his youthful indiscretion.From the entry indiscretion
• The grieving mother who lost her daughter in an accident told the drunk driver "It's too late for sorry!" after he tried to apologize.From the entry it's too late for sorry
• “In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times…. From the entry white
• Your sister is back.” “I don't want to talk to her unless she's here to apologize.2025 May 11, Monica Padrick, “Don Tyxote” (15:04 from the start), in Krapopolis, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Tyrannis (Richard Ayoade). From the entry sheepish
• "I’d like to publicly apologize for my tasteless comments about MGK," he said.2021 September 29, Cillian Breathnach, quoting Matt Heafy, “Trivium's Matt Heafy "formally disses" Machine Gun Kelly for wearing a "16…. From the entry ligma
• A morning TV anchor in Oklahoma apologized a day after likening her black cohost to a gorilla.2019 August 27, Mallory Simon, “TV anchor apologizes after comparing black cohost to a gorilla”, in CNN. From the entry cohost
• When you failed your midterms, I went to your house and apologized.2017, Ariesa Jane Domingo, Better Than Fiction, Summit Publishing Company Inc., page 91. From the entry angkong
• I apologize, I should never have bothered you with this dribble.2016, William McChesney, “Back to the War”, in Retribution: They Must All Die, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry dribble
• “Think of apologizing as an act of menschiness and bravery, because it is,” Ms.2015 June 27, Laura Zigman, “I Can’t Apologize (Sorry!)”, in New York Times. From the entry menschiness
• “Baby, don't ever apologize for something that's out of your control.2015, Vonna J, Loyal To One. From the entry baecation
• I didn’t mean to offend you,” he said, not exactly apologizing.2013, Joe DeMono, Ciro, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry friendsies
• I wrote a letter to the Guild Newsletter apologizing for having disrupted the show, pleading temporary nutso.2012, Harlan Ellison, An Edge in My Voice, →ISBN. From the entry nutso
• Though I simply apologized and told him his ranting wasn't necessary.2010, Deborah Smith Pegues, Ricky Temple, Why Smart People Make Dumb Choices, Harvest House Publishers, published 2010, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry hill to die on
• The following day Nigel apologized for what he described as an unhappy domestic interlude.2009, Peter Wright, Triumphs and Tragedies: Twenty-five Aspects of the Life of a Liverpool Sailor, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, page…. From the entry cross the Styx
• Even after I was made to apologize she didn't like me.2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 227–228. From the entry olive
• Lil Jon, Petey, T.I., Trick Daddy, all you thuggin' crunkmeisters, I apologize.2005 January 6, Brendan Joel Kelley, “Crunk junkie”, in Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, Ariz.: New Times, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry crunkmeister
• "Tell them we've paid extra to apologize for the inconvenience, eh?2002, Mil Millington, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry good books
• "I apologize to the extent that my remarks offended anyone," he said.2000 December 15, “A Pledge to Change How Floridians Vote”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr 2015. From the entry take the wrong way
• I apologize for posting on such an occasion when this isn't even a holiday fic.1999 December 25, Narida Law, “xfc: NEW: The Mind Of A Wolf by Narida Law (1/1)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry holidayfic
• Podson stayed till after five, though he handsomely apologized for outstaying a call.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149. From the entry call
• "You find us a bit rough," apologized the young man, with something of contempt towards his surroundings.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry rough
• Here! throw your lip over that, an' you'll apologize for being so rudesome.1902, Forbes Heermans, Jess of the Bar Z Ranch. From the entry rudesome
• He has also apologized for using the terms “venomous coalition” and “globalist class”, saying he did not realize their antisemitic connotations.[2025 November 20, J. Oliver Conroy, “White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’”…. From the entry venomous
• She's silent for a moment, but does end up apologizing.2021 August 16, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6002 - All Creatures Great and Small” (19:06 from the start), in The Exploring Series…. From the entry spare
• “We've been jammed with so much, trying to get our TV show back on the air,” Buck apologized.2020, Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN. From the entry slammed
• She texted Jimenez and told him it was a nice time, but she wasn’t feeling him and apologized.2017 November 6, The DePaulia, volume 102, number 8, DePaul University, published 4 November 2017, page 20. From the entry bet
• “Should-haves are like apologizing except no one’s listening, is what my gammie used to tell us,” Theresa said.2017, Lori Rader-Day, The Day I Died: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 324. From the entry gammie

Meaning of apologize

1. verb To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends.
2. verb To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
3. verb To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.

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Questions about apologize in a sentence

How do you use apologize in a sentence?

Apologize is used as a verb. For example: “My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.”

What is a short sentence with apologize?

“He apologized for his youthful indiscretion.”

What does apologize mean?

Apologize means to make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends.