make sb sorry

Frequency: 6.840.3 per million words

To cause someone to feel regret.

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Examples (10)

  • I'll make you sorry you were ever born!
  • His harsh words made her sorry she had confided in him.
  • They hoped the punishment would make the offender sorry for his actions.
  • Don't let anyone make you sorry for being yourself.
  • The consequences of his decision would eventually make him sorry.
  • He tried to make his ex-girlfriend sorry, but it was too late.
  • A true leader should never make their followers sorry for their loyalty.
  • Her constant complaining began to make him sorry he had invited her.
  • We need to make them sorry they ever started this conflict.
  • If you don't study, your exam results will make you sorry.