How to Use apology in a Sentence

apology

noun
  • This was addressed at the time and apologies were made.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 21 May 2024
  • With apologies to the late David Bowie, 286 long days spent sitting in a tin can, far above the world.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Many replied that the apology was not enough and that their trust had been breached.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • With all apologies to Mr. Cochran, his just ain’t quite as good!
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Needless to say, the apology doesn’t seem to have worked.
    — Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But so many of the apologies are for other, more amorphous things.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • On whether Samuel owes him an apology: There doesn’t need to be.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • My apologies to those who have won something; the masses don’t.
    — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The post sparked outrage, and the Spences quickly issued apologies.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • But the part of the story that has grown with the years and was dredged up, again, in articles about the apology is the John Wayne part.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • And Wednesday night, after the event, some parents said the apologies did not go far enough.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Whoops, that was my worst-case scenario for the Niners, apologies!
    — Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • No amount of my apologies will ever return them to you.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But June's all set with the too little, too late apology.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The text was part thank-you, part apology, part promise.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In the apology video, which has been viewed more than 20 million times, Adele said the shows would be rescheduled.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
  • Trump is the one who owes an apology—and his resignation—to the world.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • With apologies to Jimmy McMillan, the problem is that the number of homes is too damn low.
    — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The video made its rounds on X, prompting Voit’s apology.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • His Instagram apology to Mr. Rock the next day did little to stop the firestorm.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Carley added that this was one of the first times the council had issued an apology.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The apology video has reached more than 3.4 million views.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 15 May 2022
  • Quite frankly, there’s no excuse that this apology took 50 years to make.
    — Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Again, our apologies for a long first day for some of our students and their families.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2023
  • With apologies to the original theme, the result doesn’t keep its head above water, much less make a wave.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But, sometimes there’s a man, a man for his time and place, who fits right in, and with apologies to the Big Lebowski, Chandran Sankaran, is that man.
    — Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Get ready for our first celebrity Notes app non-apology of 2023!
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And that a public apology from Netflix, the Stranger Things team, and Airbnb should follow.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 14 July 2022
  • There were a million confidences, apologies, and secrets pressing at my seams, all intended for her alone.
    — Hali Bey Ramdene, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • The owner of a San Diego café issued a public apology after at least 98 people got sick, including nine who were hospitalized, according to local reports.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025

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