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  • Six of the girls and teachers from the London School were maids of honor and half of them wore those "sorrys" -well, I didn't envy them a bit, no matter that it's twelve full yards of silk and you could make it up into a very nice frock later" and each of them carried one of Miss Maya's pets instead of a bouquet!

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • He made a racially insensitive comment about the president, but, his "sorrys" aside, it isn't enough for Republicans.

    CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2010 2010

  • Most 'sorrys' are uttered out of habit rather than feeling anyway...

    Who's sorry now? Ms Robinson 2008

  • We exchanged "sorrys" and I found myself doing this huge - and very uncool - double-take, because he looked EXACTLY like Matthew Broderick.

    Karen Cheng's Snippets of Life admin 2010

  • What brought this about was this letter that we have been talking about this morning, which was signed by Ambassador Prueher, the U.S. ambassador to Beijing -- which people in this building are calling the letter of the two very "sorrys," in which the ambassador says that the United States is very sorry that China and the family of the pilot have apparently lost a pilot's life and an aircraft, and is also very sorry that the U.S. plane landed without prior verbal permission to land in Hainan -- although it did follow emergency procedures.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2001 2001

  • 'sorrys' but solutions proferred by them * always*.

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • Oh dear, all the ‘sorrys’ I have to say once I start trying to catch up with replying to all comments.

    On the rampant misuse of quotation marks 2009

  • Ok, well, I'll support you raping my paychecks to pay for your bill if you stop smoking, eat healthy, and stop drinking so I'm not paying for your sorrys butts when ya get cancer!

    Obama delays Hawaii vacation over Senate vote 2009

  • It never fails to amaze me how many "I'm sorrys" people carry around in their pockets like dollar bills at the ready to shell them out at a weak moment.

    Sanford, 'humbled and broken,' makes vow to state 2009

  • Excuse me, but take your goddamned sorrys and shove them up your ass.

    Babylon Nights Daniel Depp 2010

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