sheepishly apologize
Frequency: 5.01.9 per million words
to apologize in an embarrassed or ashamed way
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Examples (10)
- He broke the expensive vase and could only sheepishly apologize to his mother.
- The student sheepishly apologized for forgetting his homework again.
- Realizing he'd called his boss by the wrong name, he had to sheepishly apologize.
- She shuffled her feet and sheepishly apologized for spilling coffee on my new shirt.
- "My mistake," he said, sheepishly apologizing as he handed back the wrong change.
- The politician was forced to sheepishly apologize after his thoughtless comments were leaked.
- I watched as my little brother sheepishly apologized for eating the last piece of cake.
- After arriving an hour late, he had no choice but to sheepishly apologize to his waiting friends.
- The young intern sheepishly apologized for crashing the company's server.
- With a guilty look, the dog seemed to sheepishly apologize for chewing the shoes.