How to Use remorseful in a Sentence

remorseful

adjective
  • The crew seems to have learned their lesson, or at least put on their most remorseful faces.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
  • She's been remorseful since day 1.
    — March 16, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Ryan came across as remorseful and polite.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Those who were close to Irabu, and there weren’t many of them, were remorseful about his death.
    — Ben Reiter, SI.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Barnette said the student was very remorseful and said the comment was a joke.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Rose gambled on the game, lied about it for years and never seemed truly remorseful.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
  • His supporters say Jones turned his life around in prison, and is remorseful.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2021
  • This is because these remorseful feelings were so heavy on my heart and weighing on my spirit.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Everyone in the picture was just looking around, with no sad or remorseful looks.
    — Mark Elibert, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • But once onstage, DaBaby didn’t seem to be in as remorseful of a mood.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2021
  • While the judge did deem Harris remorseful, the deals were done as a package so both were dissolved.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The sheriff, who was not at the scene, said deputies reported Starr was remorseful.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Finkelstein said Cruz is deeply troubled and remorseful over the shooting.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • While the lyrics seem remorseful, Cardi’s only regrets are for him.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • No, because Webb was too remorseful about the wild pitch that Buster Posey couldn’t come up with.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Martinez, remorseful, was sentenced to a 6-month prison work program.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Some of them knew him as remorseful, a mentor to other prisoners and artistic.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Horner did not seem remorseful in the interview, Espinoza said.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That being said, Steinmetz said her client is remorseful for what occurred and wants to put this behind him.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Mazzei asked whether Heuermann was truly remorseful.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Lil Wayne is feeling remorseful after leaving fans in Maine high and dry.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • But for once, or maybe twice, Hill seemed genuinely remorseful and reflective this week.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • Garrett was remorseful after the incident, which will go a long way towards getting back in the league.
    — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The surgeon who had made the error was remorseful and had offered to correct it, but had passed away of cancer soon after.
    — Kavita Das, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Halberg said the defense has a lot to work with, because Potter has no prior record and is remorseful.
    — Amy Forliti, ajc, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Attorneys for Fairchild argued that he was abused as a child, was mentally ill and was remorseful.
    — Sean Murphy, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In his dealings with his peers, Hardin has learned to distinguish who is genuinely remorseful from who is not.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The victim's mother told the Daily Mail the teen does not appear to be remorseful.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In the years since the crime, Weier was described in court as articulate, mature and remorseful.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Bissey wasn't so remorseful after the riot, Judge Chutkan said.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Oct. 2021

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