apologetically murmur

Frequency: 5.51.2 per million words

to say something quietly in a way that shows you are sorry

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Examples (10)

  • He bumped into the old lady and apologetically murmured, "I'm so sorry."
  • "Excuse me, I think you're in my seat," she apologetically murmured.
  • The waiter apologetically murmured that they were out of the daily special.
  • Arriving late, he apologetically murmured something about the terrible traffic.
  • Realizing his mistake, the student could only apologetically murmur an apology to the teacher.
  • "I seem to have forgotten my key," he apologetically murmured to the receptionist.
  • Caught off guard by the question, she apologetically murmured that she didn't know the answer.
  • The child, with jam on his face, apologetically murmured that he hadn't touched the cookies.
  • "Sorry to interrupt," the assistant apologetically murmured as he entered the meeting.
  • When asked why the report wasn't finished, she apologetically murmured about a computer crash.