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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
I am sorry en · X
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of I'm sorry.
“We can stop turning our heads away. We can look at you in the eyes and finally say on behalf of the American people: What the government did was shameful and I am sorry,” he told the elderly men, emphasizing the last three words.
1997 May 17, Jonathan Peterson, quoting [Bill] Clinton, “Clinton Tells Tuskegee Survivors : ‘I Am Sorry’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2020:I'm not sure I like you, brother of mine, I want to say. But I am sorry. You have affected me so deeply, probably more than I know. For a long time I have wanted to scream, "I hate you!" But until now I have never wanted to apologise. […] And so I am sorry. For taking so long to understand that not everything is a choice and that maybe you are that little bit saner for your open uncertainty of that funny thing called life.
2012 July 6, “A letter to … my brother to say I'm sorry”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2014:But in this rude and raucous age, apologies have become pro forma. People apologize not for being offensive (“I did something to hurt you, and I am sorry”) but rather because someone might have taken offense (“If your feelings were hurt, I am sorry.”)
2009 September 16, Lisa Belkin, “Teaching Children to Apologize”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2009: