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Pronunciation: [ɐpˈɒləd͡ʒˌa͡ɪz] (IPA)

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Usage examples for Apologise

"I've come to apologise, Mrs. Cameron, for Deirdre's rudeness last night," the Schoolmaster said gravely.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
But if we allow ourselves to contemplate a philosophical history, which shall deal with the causes of events and aim at exhibiting the evolution of human society-and perhaps I ought to apologise for even suggesting that such an ideal could ever be realised-we should also see that the history of literature would be a subordinate element of the whole structure.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
He must apologise for letting his heavy periods drop on the top of the last speaker's brilliant flippancies, but truth, he regretted to say, was truth.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke

Famous quotes with Apologise

  • I humbly apologise for reality Television.
    Cilla Black
  • I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers.
    Thomas Keneally
  • Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that.
    Harry Oppenheimer
  • A wife who can’t accept to apologise first to her husband even when she could recognize her mistakes doesn’t actually empathise ever to her children.
    Anuj Somany
  • Always forgive, for it is symbol of strength and never apologise, for it is a symbol of weakness.
    Vikrant Parsai

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