How to Use apologize in a Sentence

apologize

verb
  • Jennie has personally apologized to all the staff on-site who may have been affected.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The person who made the post deleted it and apologized, according to NBC News.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024
  • By the way, at the end of that summer camp so long ago, the director apologized to me.
    Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • When Clark approached the suspect, the young man apologized to him.
    Ash-Har Quraishi, Amy Corral, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • Grayson drew his gun and Massey clutched the pot tighter to her body, apologized and then ducked down away from the gun pointed at her.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Has anyone who was part of that pile-on since apologized to you?
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Your mom has one mandate here: to apologize, make amends and butt out.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Gosling gave Ken’s prized guitar to Jimin to apologize.
    Mark Kennedy, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Cohen, 55, said the comment was a joke but apologized to Glanville.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Melissa apologizes to Ravyn for throwing the drink in her face.
    EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Because Beller reached out to me last week — 23 years later — to apologize.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Gonzales says he's found God and will use his last words to apologize.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • The senator, George Lang of West Chester, apologized after the event.
    Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 22 July 2024
  • Prime Video quickly edited the scene and Zafar had to apologize as did the streamer.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The man found the vendor on Monday and apologized in person while live on Facebook.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
  • According to the report by the Daily Beast, Miller returned to the home dressed as a cowboy on June 4 to apologize.
    Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • Rivera apologized to Gaete but the freelancer did not accept it, the Post reported.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Afterward, the Idol star apologized to fans in a message.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 July 2023
  • Koy ended up apologizing to Swift, who responded to the joke with a blank stare.
    Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
  • On Pepsi's post, several commenters said the brand should apologize to the singer.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Later in the game, Kuiper apologized on the air without getting into specifics.
    Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • For the first time since the episode aired in February, Lindsay apologized to Carl for making those comments.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Richardson said the decision not to apologize or leave was a show of resolve that salvaged the effort.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Green apologized to Gordon for someone from her court stealing the car.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2023
  • This is not the first time West has apologized, or, at least, attempted to apologize.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The owner then apologized and thanked the officers for their actions.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Sandra Bernhard is apologizing to Morgan Fairchild for not being nice to her on the set of Roseanne.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 June 2024
  • It was later deleted, and Mr. Netanyahu apologized in a new one.
    Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Additionally, the report said that the man apologized to Beal and did not mean to offend him.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The King of Norway apologized to the partisans and honored their contributions to the fight against Nazism.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024

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