Sentences with contrite
con·trite
C c - She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.'
- contrite promises
- The man himself was contrite and apologetic once he had sobered up yesterday but he remains only another binge away from the next pathetic.
- The contrite player spoke publicly yesterday and apologised to his partner, Carlie Matthews.
- He greeted Milo jovially each time they met and, in an excess of contrite generosity, impulsively recommended Major Major for promotion. The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P. F. C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend to lose him by promotion just to please Colonel Cathcart.
- A contrite sinner.
- And despite some contrite rhetoric, as the weeks go on there is little evidence that Bush is ready for a major policy shift or, frankly.