It was a dramatic change in tone, a contrite president uncharacteristically admitting a major failure. |
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I sobered immediately, contrite at forgetting the seriousness of the conversation. |
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You might have thought that Leonora would be just calmly loathing and he lachrymosely contrite. |
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It was striking, although its tone was less contrite than last week's recantation. |
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There's nothing wrong with putting your hand up, accepting that you've made a big mistake and saying sorry in an honest, contrite declaration. |
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I am truly contrite, penitent, repentant, remorseful and steeped in the tears of my regretfulness. |
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We will be discerning, and when failing to discern, genuinely contrite, but we will give no quarter to our enemy. |
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In a few years, we may find a more professional Crown Office as well as a more contrite justiciary. |
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I just act polite and a bit contrite and seem to get off with warnings, always. |
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The typist smiles to himself as the story returns like an apologetic lover, penitent, regretful and contrite. |
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The following morning a very contrite, and hung-over rep made straight for Sunny to apologise profusely for his behaviour of the previous night. |
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Prisons are designed to transform a regretted crime into contrite behavior through penalties and punishment. |
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He knew he was supposed to be feeling suitably contrite and sorry, but there was nothing. |
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I will say that Dolly was contrite over the affair, almost apologetic in fact. |
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And so he does not drop to his knees, he is not contrite, he does not sit in the church with the grieving parents and wives and children. |
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Some were contrite, and apologized directly to the families of those they had murdered. |
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He is very contrite and so sorry and we hug and he tells me he loves me and is so sorry and also is crying. |
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And, while contrite, she very coolly shrugged her shoulders over the whole thing. |
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I am immensely contrite, and I am sorry for the damage that I've done. |
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Compare and contrast this contrite pose with the self-same penitent jailbound all over again last year as a result of felling two motorists during a wee spell of road rage. |
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Some spectators believed that they saw a sincere man trying hard to be contrite — or at least as honest as he could afford to be at the moment. |
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Lawyers in and outside the church said that dioceses around the country have reason to be contrite about other things as well. |
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Some pointed out that he appeared to be contrite and forthcoming and had paid what he owed to state and federal authorities. |
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Berisha, who played alongside Jurman at Brisbane Roar, was contrite after the game. |
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Then, as often happens in emotionally abusive relationships, when she confronted him he would be contrite and desperate for her forgiveness. |
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As usual, the directors of the bank will be contrite, will say that lessons have been learned, and that it's different this time. |
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David's prayer in Psalm 32 suggests a broken and contrite spirit with no effort to hide his guilt or escape his judgment. |
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He is unfailingly polite and contrite, still slightly awkward with the artifice of campaigning after all these years. |
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She tried to ignore how adorable he looked, all contrite and repentant. |
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Akio Toyoda, Toyota's boss, also appeared before Congress, contrite and apologetic. |
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I am assuming his apology was not as contrite as it could have been because the act was premeditated. |
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They asked to come back but were asked to give a very contrite and public apology, and yet the same standard should not apply. |
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But He is looking for more than just outward actions-He is looking for a cleansed and contrite heart. |
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My face must have betrayed that I did not appreciate his little joke because Holmes seemed contrite. |
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But let's put partisan spin aside and accept Christie's contrite denials of personal knowledge at face value. |
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You can even sell it as a contrite new dedication to safety. |
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Is he going to be contrite in the way that some people would like him to be contrite? |
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On Tuesday, an emotional and contrite Guillen went before the cameras and apologized for more than an hour for his remarks. |
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But he admitted that he should have been informed of the new aeroplane's production problems. Compared with Mr Lagardère, who has no operational role at EADS, the man who actually runs the group was not at all contrite. |
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A heart contrite and humbled, O Lord, you will not spurn. |
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Then repented, I stopped my arrogant and proud march and feeling contrite, regretful and remorseful in my heart, with modesty and submission, I prostrated myself before this peasant. |
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My God, when I look at my own poor life, I find no reason to be vain and still less to be proud: all I see are abundant reasons why I should be always humble and contrite. |
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Rebagliati became an especially appealing hero because he came across in the media as very charming and contrite, insisting that the marijuana in his urine test came from second-hand smoke. |
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Then, with contrite and fearful hearts, they proceed to underdo it. |
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Both cars stopped, and the lady got out, cold sober and contrite. |
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But don't expect either side to be contrite between now and Election Day. |
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This contrite behaviour often disarmed his parents. |
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One can not help but wonder how the unnecessary death of 10 men sat on Fermont's conscience. From all appearances, he seemed nonplussed and never was remorseful or contrite. |
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Likewise, a folktale from India says that a pelican killed her young by rough treatment but was then so contrite that she resurrected them with her own blood. |
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