How to use sorry in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective, interjection, noun
Sorry means regretful or apologetic for one's actions. Example: “I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.”
Examples of sorry by meaning
adjectiveRegretful or apologetic for one's actions.
- I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
adjectiveGrieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
- I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.
- The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.
adjectivePoor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
- The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
- That his rigid denial of the personhood of women should so completely and immediately win a contemporary Boston audience, is a sorry index.1974 February 16, Jonathan Cross, “The Fag in the fifth row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 34, page 5
adjectivePathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
- Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
- The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.2023 May 25, David Smith, “Failure to launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN...
interjectionExpresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
- Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.
- Sorry I’m so late.
interjectionSaid as a request to pass somebody.
- Sorry! Coming through!
interjectionUsed as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
- Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
interjectionUsed to correct oneself in speech.
- There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store.
More sentences with sorry
- Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.From the entry english
- Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.From the entry spring
- Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.From the entry flatulent
- Sorry, officer, I wouldn't know anything about the crime, since I was nowhere near the scene.From the entry would
- Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.From the entry mistake
- If you don’t get your life on track today, you’re going to be very sorry tomorrow.From the entry tomorrow
- Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.From the entry cough
- I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.From the entry spend
- Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.From the entry matter
- I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.From the entry crash
- Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'll try to be more present from now on.From the entry present
- Yes, we just heard the bad news yesterday. We're so sorry for your loss.From the entry bad news
- Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.From the entry typo
- I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.From the entry honor
- He told me directly that he'd cheated on me, and how sorry he was for it.From the entry directly
- Sorry I'm late. I got sidetracked helping my friend move some furniture.From the entry sidetrack
- I'm sorry, but that book has been out-of-print for twenty years.From the entry out-of-print
- Sorry, there's been a run on turkeys and we're out of stock.From the entry out of stock
- Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.From the entry bend someone's ear
- I'm sorry, I can't go on a date with you – I'm spoken for.From the entry spoken for
- Sorry guys, I inted. I thought I could get the kill and then get out.From the entry int
- I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.From the entry equip
- I’m sorry to break it to you, but your dress looks truly hideous.From the entry hideous
- Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!From the entry footstep
- I'm glad that she didn't stay long, but sorry that she came at all.From the entry at all
- I'm sorry, I haven't the foggiest. You should ask someone else.From the entry have the foggiest
- I was sorry to hear that my favorite little restaurant went belly-up.From the entry go belly-up
Meaning of sorry
- adjective Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
- adjective Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
- adjective Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
Questions about sorry in a sentence
- How do you use sorry in a sentence?
- Sorry is used as an adjective, interjection and noun. For example: “I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.”
- What is a short sentence with sorry?
- “Sorry! Coming through!”
- What does sorry mean?
- Sorry means regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sorry (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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