contrite

In a sentence

Six example sentences with contrite, each labelled with its topic.

• The defendant seemed genuinely contrite, apologizing to the shop owner before the judge had asked for any statement.

  Law

• The final chapter leaves the narrator contrite, rereading old letters and admitting how much damage the silence caused.

  Literature

• The villain returns in the sequel looking contrite, and the audience spends an hour deciding whether to believe the apology.

  Movies

• The forward was contrite after the ejection, apologizing to his teammates in the locker room before the coach said a word.

  Basketball

• The minister appeared contrite at the hearing, admitting the figures were wrong and promising to correct the record.

  Politics

• The airline's statement was contrite, naming the error, refunding every ticket, and skipping the usual excuses about weather.

  Business

Found in these word lists

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More Literary words

• bowdlerize
• extenuate
• munificent
• demur
• celerity
• torpid
• otiose
• probity
• acephalous
• perspicacious
• duplicitous
• salubrious