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"contrite" Definitions
  1. very sorry for something bad that you have done

341 Sentences With "contrite"

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I will tell all the people who think he was not sincere and he wasn't truly contrite, or he wasn't contrite enough -- you're wrong.
I need to really be contrite and sorry about that.
In an interview, Mr. Bode offered a more contrite message.
Since Tuesday, Sweetery NYC has begun to sound more contrite.
That will reduce the incentive for carriers to be contrite.
But this is not what a genuinely contrite person does.
He's going to sound contrite and promise to make changes.
She was contrite, did not try to minimize her conduct.
He was contrite, and he blamed himself rather than others.
And now, seeing the rise of Trump, Schwartz feels contrite.
When he opened the pantry the next day, Heidi was contrite.
Substantially more than usual—feeling bad, acting contrite, and being white.
He should have been more soft-spoken and contrite — and shorter.
Bank officials were contrite, promising to do better in the future.
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are contrite.
But with its banking regulators, Wells Fargo was not as contrite.
When Zuckerberg appeared before Congress, in April, he again appeared contrite.
Waterford looks contrite when he visits his handmaid the next morning.
At the time of the case, Uber executives were publicly contrite.
The email-scandal fallout should have left DOJ embarrassed and contrite.
Barr apologized to Jarrett and released a contrite statement through her publicist.
If he's truly contrite, Spurlock certainly would be thinking about these things.
He added that both individuals in question were contrite about their actions.
According to the station, Kennedy was contrite and apologetic for his actions.
Yes, Rodriguez was necessarily contrite and no longer a provocative clubhouse presence.
Patten, 47, offered brief but contrite remarks just before receiving his sentence.
He'd get clean in jail, and write contrite letters to his family.
The contrite and silent cheerleaders even visit Maxine after a successful surgery.
Trump Jr. Sorta (Maybe?) Contrite About Russian Lawyer Meeting Donald Trump Jr.
The tech execs were all contrite and vowed to police themselves better.
A contrite but forthright Ms. Barry admitted the affair on Jan. 31.
In a statement issued by Ford on Wednesday, Mr. Nair was contrite.
By Tuesday evening, Mr. Spicer was on CNN, offering a contrite apology.
He is one of the least contrite individuals in American public life.
She said she thought he was apologetic, contrite, and wanted to do better.
A contrite Kyrgios did apologize via Twitter a few hours after his defeat.
Cohen was expected to be contrite when he appeared before the congressional committee.
"I was shocked, embarrassed and contrite, but most importantly, informed!" this person recalls.
Cohen was contrite in his testimony, saying he is "sorry" for his lies.
While contrite, Zuckerberg offered a full-throated defense of Facebook and its policies.
When Kris brings it up to Kourtney, the eldest Kardashian is not contrite.
Frey appeared contrite and hangdog, admitting that he had embellished his own story.
So there were good political reasons for Trump to want to appear contrite.
Ms. Pirro, whose fiery monologues have helped her show's ratings, sounded less contrite.
Alderson said the Mets felt that Reyes was contrite and deserved a second chance.
Or maybe he would become contrite and emotional, and finally answer some real questions.
He is neither innocent nor contrite, the two common elements in pardons and commutations.
If you remain contrite in heart and spirit, you may come through this okay.
Mr. Coyle, the Pride Media head, published a contrite reply on the same platform.
Whatever the case, the company — now under new leadership, I should reiterate — is contrite.
A handwritten sheet of paper, ideally smudged by contrite teardrops, used to do the trick.
The only way you know an abuser is truly contrite is if they stop abusing.
Belfort has rarely been up front or contrite about his history with performance-enhancing drugs.
Joseph Seed, the previous game's religious fanatic villain, is now contrite and becomes an ally.
Mr. Crawford posted contrite messages on Instagram, but that wasn't enough to save his job.
After his defeat, Mr. Najib posted a Twitter message that was at least partly contrite.
He displayed his rock star popularity as he tried to appear contrite about the scandal.
But when the trade adviser was confronted with these revelations, he didn't appear very contrite.
On Monday, though, Silver announced in a statement that both Dolan and Oakley were contrite.
In the face of repeated criticism from Congressmen, the airlines did their best to sound contrite.
The report goes on to say that Riedlinger is contrite and cooperating fully with the investigation.
Sure, he never actually said the words "I'm sorry," but he seemed contrite in his statement.
Harvey appeared contrite and more than a little nervous as he apologized to the pageant contestant.
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" Other winners include the contrite "That Girl," the erotic "Stop Desire," and the anti-marriage "BWU.
Manfred then met with Gurriel, who is 33, on Saturday and said the player was contrite.
At a televised news conference Thursday, Yoshiyuki Yamaya, the president of the airport's operator, was contrite.
Mr. Franken said that he did not remember the episode but that he was contrite nevertheless.
The statement that Woods released Monday, while contrite, came up a few assertions short of accountability.
More to the point, both Clinton and Nixon were contrite and accepted responsibility for their behavior.
Individuals make easier targets because we can see their faces and force them to be contrite.
I know it sounds contrite but "I revere the constitution" Like everyone says they revere the constitution.
But the judge wasn't sure if the contrite man in front of him was the real deal.
After Reid's latest apology Friday, MSNBC followed shortly after, suggesting the company has accepted she was contrite.
He wanted to appear contrite and cooperative, suddenly eager to partner with governments to safeguard the internet.
Since then, Parker has appeared contrite in interviews and said more or less all the right things.
And like all the other witnesses, he does not come in contrite but with verbal guns blazing.
Mr. Mutko was alternately confident in Russia's athletes and contrite about their attitudes toward performance-enhancing drugs.
The wizened little ventricle of my contrite heart that you just stitched your name into is bleeding.
A contrite Kawasaki told a briefing the firm plans to pay customers' costs for any affected products.
No changes to the company's board or senior leadership were announced, making his contrite tone ring hollow.
The concoction of a chronically contrite Obama made the anti-apologetic Trump seem more masculine, more American.
One of her contrite gestures was to sack most of her closest aides, leaving herself even more isolated.
She accused him of cheating and wrote a post pretending to be a contrite Withey confessing to cheating.
For many, this probably didn't seem contrite enough, especially considering the severity of his language in the tape.
As the camera cut around to their faces, they didn't know whether to feign nonchalance or look contrite.
Yet Mr Biden's career is not merely defined by a relentless and contrite movement towards more liberal positions.
Rather than being contrite about an obvious usurpation of prosecutorial power, he was unapologetic, arrogant and self-righteous.
The Charlottesville killer was polite, cooperative and even contrite just 3 months before his monstrous attack on civilians.
One day after NBC News fired Matt Lauer, the former "TODAY" show host issued a contrite statement Thursday.
This is a damned shame because, though Constable Hartlen seems to be genuinely, Canadianly contrite, Nickelback remain awful.
A contrite Sacks said his company took full responsibility for its actions in the deployment of "the Macro".
Or, if every election is a reaction to the last, do they want a more contrite political style?
The judge who sentenced Van der Zwaan, by contrast, did not feel he was contrite about his crimes.
South Koreans believe Japan has been more contrite in its relationship to western victims of its wartime aggression.
Mr. Saikawa's comments on Monday seemed more defiant than contrite, and he expressed some bitterness over his predicament.
Because the Raw ratings stink, so the nameless nothing which Hogan did disappears into the formless hype of the return of a conquering hero, who we are told is quite contrite but we don't know is contrite because saying is the same as doing, at least if you're rich and famous.
"They are low key, contrite and helpful," Juda Engelmayer, a crisis manager at 5W PR, said of Disney's response.
Usually, they come across as contrite and polite and definitely not cocky, because that would be a bad look.
Kalanick is out, and Khosrowshai is trying to rebuild Uber into a better, more careful, more contrite global player.
Could the Wells Fargo CEO have nipped this headline scandal in the bud if he had been more contrite?
Any notion that Trump would appear contrite at the debate was thrown into serious doubt with this surprise move.
Royal Bank of Scotland is no stranger to contrite shareholder grovelling having delivered persistent losses since the financial crisis.
The band have since responded to the controversy with a contrite post shared to their Facebook page on Thursday.
It has adopted an increasingly contrite tone as pressure grows over design decisions and its relations with U.S. regulators.
As the election results were coming in, a contrite Mr Turnbull took "full responsibility" for the government's poor performance.
While Facebook's update last month largely passed under the radar, Mr. Fischer's post on Friday was prominent and contrite.
But Russian sports officials have grown more contrite in recent months after hiring crisis communications experts out of Washington.
PRI party boss Manlio Fabio Beltrones, who some had viewed as a potential presidential candidate, struck a contrite tone.
Later, Norwood would be contrite, and he would pay Williams extra to make up for the pain he'd caused.
If their stories were to be sympathetic, these women had to adhere to certain guiding principles: Be contrite. Apologize.
A mischievously contrite ad in Britain on Friday featured an empty chicken bucket with the image of Colonel Sanders.
A contrite Mr. Hanning was convicted last June in a state court in the northwestern German city of Detmold.
The melodrama came to a close on Tuesday, when a contrite Mr. Harvey apologized to his teammates and fans.
But it is those who believed — and cast supportive ballots — who should feel most cheated and also most contrite.
In an emotional meeting with female engineers last week, Mr. Kalanick sounded contrite and determined to fix the company.
When a story surfaced about comments he'd made over the years denigrating women, Bloomberg's long-time spokesman was contrite.
On Wednesday's call, a seemingly contrite Musk took a first question from Sacconaghi and apologized for his prior conduct.
He has short hair and thin-rimmed glasses, a face that defaults to bashful, a smile that skews contrite.
It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small ways to ameliorate lingering public concern.
What an amazing moment – Jack was contrite, Jamal was wise & #Survivor gave it space to develop as a human moment.
Hart subsequently gave up the hosting gig, issued an apology and gave a lengthy and contrite interview to Ellen DeGeneres.
He was sentenced to five years of probation after telling the judge he was ashamed of his actions and contrite.
Ms. Mills's comments — contrite at times, defensive at others — represented the first sworn public accounting from a member of Mrs.
Overall, it felt introspective, contrite and contemplative — a self-reflection from a community genuine about shoring up its ethical shortcomings.
"Negative campaigning, I now know, is wrong," Mr. Pence wrote in a contrite essay after he lost to Mr. Sharp.
A contrite Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, admitted that the social network had lost the trust of its customers.
When she sends the contrite Nathan away from Issa's doorstep, it was obvious Issa would not be happy about it.
Others in the White House say Kelly hasn't been suitably contrite after clear errors in judgment surrounding the Porter episode.
The police report notes that he was contrite and "elected to remove his chicken costume" before being placed in handcuffs.
But on Monday he proclaimed that what he saw on Sunday night was a contrite Trump seeking grace and forgiveness.
But the similarities with President Trump end there: Paskas was contrite when he appeared, unsuccessfully, before Parliament to defend himself.
PARELES The Mexican songwriter Natalia Lafourcade implores forgiveness for straying, contrite and gauged for drama, in this old-fashioned ranchera.
As bad as it is to be insensitive to disabled people, it's something a contrite politician can survive (see: Obama, Barack).
This isn't the first time SMILF has been criticized, but it is the first time Shaw has been at all contrite.
Nunes, who was a member of Trump's transition team, seemed contrite on Thursday for the timing and manner of his statement.
Khosrowshahi's official statement in the wake of the settlement reads as genuinely contrite and shows a company ready to move on.
In the new statement released today, Cebulski sounds more contrite about the issues of representation and appropriation raised by his behavior.
It leaves us with a character who can write a personal blog that same that's both superficially contrite and deeply foreboding.
But Malaysia's liberals would feel much happier if Dr Mahathir were more contrite about his part in the country's present predicament.
Kalanick was apparently raw and emotional at the all-hands meeting, where he promised "better" and some thought him genuinely contrite.
Yoda and Obi Wan were contrite remainders in the original trilogy, beaten Jedi who lived the consequences of their order's arrogance.
After initially apologizing without fully acknowledging all of her accusations, he then released another lengthier, more contrite statement that contested nothing.
London Uber's chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, has been publicly contrite as he tries to get back into London regulators' good graces.
A good Samaritan had rescued the dog and soon returned him to a relieved Ms. White and a contrite Dr. Gilani.
He was also contrite about Sewanee's performance against some of the goals it set for itself in the 2013 sustainability plan.
But in 21994, she published a barely contrite memoir about that period in her life, entitled Can You Ever Forgive Me?
With a couple of weeks still to go before he is even inaugurated, contrite firms are queuing up to invest in America.
By the time he spoke to a probation investigator he was contrite, crying as he recalled how the woman's testimony moved him.
She took the spotlight and was not the least bit contrite about boycotting the show for 2 days ... something she readily acknowledged.
The way he's charismatic and easygoing when things are going his way, and even contrite when it suits the story he's telling.
But if they kept you waiting for more than, say, 10 to 15 minutes, you want them to be contrite about it.
In September, Jones was sentenced to 18 months of probation; in a statement released by his management, he was contrite and humbled.
Now that several days have passed, he told us he feels "pretty contrite and not a little bruised" by the whole experience.
But last year, Wojcicki was much more contrite and explicit — strikingly so, for a presentation that's supposed to be upbeat by default.
Speaking on CNN, Sanders was contrite but cast the allegations as the side-effect of his rocketing political profile three years ago.
When they escape and, looking contrite and gentle, are reunited with the red bird, we are set up for a happy ending.
"I can only imagine that I failed to see the car coming, and I am very contrite about the consequences," he said.
Van der Zwaan was contrite at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Washington, DC. "What I did was wrong," he said.
"I like that they are contrite, but these issues are existential and they aren't taking any structural changes," he told The NYT.
"It's well-written and did come across as sincere, contrite and conveyed that she is deeply sorry for her actions," he says.
We are all inclined to give people second chances if they seem genuinely contrite and appear to have learned their lesson(s).
At van der Zwaan's sentencing, he made a brief statement apologizing for his actions, but the judge said he seemed inadequately contrite.
ACLU: Discipline 'will have a chilling effect' By Tuesday, when news of his suspension began to make headlines, Christiansen was somewhat contrite.
This is an odd book, its author neither especially contrite about his addiction-motivated bad behavior nor perversely proud of his hijinks.
Harris was also contrite about the ethics investigations, which included allegations he paid subordinates to assist in an outside car detailing business.
" Brokaw himself was contrite, tweeting, "i feel terrible a part of my comments on Hispanics offended some members of that proud culture.
But he has struck a contrite tone since the first round of the election, apologising for mistakes and promising to be more transparent.
Contrite, Danske is giving its gross income from the branch over the nine years, DKr1.5bn ($235m), to a fund to fight financial crime.
Platforms belatedly issue contrite statements, saying there is no place for this kind of thing on their platforms, all evidence to the contrary.
His action resulted in Jude's death, but the movie takes pains to emphasize that it was an accident and the student is contrite.
Except for Russell, who seems truly contrite and truly immature, everyone else seems to be putting on a performance of some kind here.
He described him as being contrite and said he had behaved professionally while interacting with the Rockies' minor leaguers during his rehabilitation assignment.
A Hispanic congressman imagines contrite Republicans rushing to prove to the country that they are not racists, "to get away from the Trumpster".
DUBAI SUPPORT Boeing meanwhile continued to adopt a contrite tone over the grounding of its 737 MAX in the wake of two crashes.
And they were contrite — even the Fox News founder and chief executive, Roger Ailes, a famous bully who rarely shied from a fight.
His tone is contrite, but it also suggests he has recovered, both from porn addiction and cheating, which he says he's done with.
She doesn't seem particularly contrite over the whole thing ... she tried to use her new-found fame to become a social media influencer.
An unusually contrite O'Leary had held an emergency press conference on Monday to apologize and to publish a list of all affected flights.
Other senators said he seemed heartfelt, contrite, and dignified — and there is no place for someone like that in the United States Senate.
Before he filed a new suit, Damon confronted Lee at a Diana Ross concert about getting stiffed ... and Daniels appeared to be contrite.
Second, it is really difficult to strike a balance between appearing contrite and going on the attack as Trump appears to want to do.
A contrite Mike Richards met the news media on Thursday for the first time since signing a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals.
His contrite debate answer drew praise, and on Monday his campaign announced a huge fundraising haul of $24.8 million in the past three months.
In a meeting with analysts last week, Mr. Benioff sounded unusually contrite and somewhat shocked that his impetuous style had riled his biggest shareholders.
Schlossberg, who has been seen on video aggressively confronting strangers on their identity in the past, appeared contrite Tuesday about the Fresh Kitchen incident.
It does indicate that he may not be as contrite as other defendants who settle with the S.E.C., however, and could violate the injunction.
Mr. Munoz appeared more contrite on Wednesday, telling ABC's "Good Morning America" that Dr. Dao "can't be" to blame for what happened to him.
"Because I couldn't get it done," Buttigieg said, offering a contrite tone at a moment when the anger and pain in South Bend remain raw.
He took the stage and mumbled through a speech that saw him seem contrite in a way that seemed impossible just a few months ago.
His contrite style, which stands in contrast to that of Travis Kalanick, his sharp-clawed predecessor (Uber's co-founder), has gone down well with regulators.
"I tried to be funny an hour ago," said a contrite Mr. Reid, who acknowledged that even his joking praise of Mr. Trump was wrong.
After the "grab them by the pussy" tape emerged during the campaign, he was contrite for about a day, then went on the attack again.
She did not, but as the demonstrations kept going in the weeks following, Mrs Lam decided to lie low and adopt a more contrite tone.
It's so sunny in the land of Meyer-ville that even Tom James shows up all contrite, offering to help in any way he can.
During the 75-minute news conference, Mr. de Blasio at times appeared contrite, but he was evasive at key points on a number of topics.
Self-pitying or smug, jaunty or crestfallen, callous or contrite, the movie's fitful tone is fully yoked to Joaquin Phoenix's sodden-to-sober lead performance.
To members of Congress, Facebook will be contrite and stress the challenges of fixing its technology to prevent abuse of its site by foreign governments.
How contrite the African leaders are willing to be with Mr. Macron is not just a matter of pride and posturing, but of retaining power.
Will he appear contrite and humbled in a way that will make his split with Trump and vow to clean up his own life convincing?
" Asked on ABC News Friday morning if the newly contrite Trump would offer the Khans a personal apology, new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said, "He may.
If any of these men are truly contrite about their past actions, they will come forward, admit their crimes, and accept the professional and social repercussions.
Muilenburg was contrite during the hearings, victims' family members sitting behind him — at times holding up photos of their loved ones who died in the crashes.
"This is not one that I would do because of the person not seeming contrite for what he was convicted of," the onetime presidential candidate said.
Zuckerberg, appearing contrite before members of the House and Senate, insisted that Facebook's flaws stemmed from the company's commitment to free discourse and improving the world.
The campaign was seen as less contrite than other corporate confessionals, like the one Toyota aired during the 2010 Winter Olympics after recalling millions of vehicles.
Contrite Navy officials conceded that they had accepted increasing risks with uncertified ships and crews, despite repeated warnings from congressional watchdogs and the Navy's own experts.
BILL CLINTON: I believed every word I said, but my anger hadn't worn off enough for me to be as contrite as I should have been.
Ms. Sandberg and Mr. Dorsey have been advised to appear contrite, to be direct with their responses and to be patient if interrupted, the people said.
"Whether she's contrite about it... I won't have a candidate like that," Morrison told reporters in Victoria, where he was campaigning for the May 18 election.
Cohen was mostly calm and contrite under the heated questioning from Republicans, and cautioned them not to make the same mistake he did in protecting Trump.
After watching clips of a contrite Northam addressing the scandal, Trevor Noah had an idea of why African-Americans might want the governor to stick around.
A decidedly contrite Cohen said he was ashamed of things he had done as Trump's personal lawyer and fixer, saying he had paid for his loyalty dearly.
Ever since, he has hoped for answers, and waited for the students who killed his father to turn up, older and contrite, and say they were sorry.
In a televised address to the nation on Friday evening, an apparently contrite Zuma apologized and said he would pay back some of the money, as ordered.
It took a while for people to even notice that all this music was gone, and it doesn't seem as though Myspace is particularly contrite about it.
The video has now been taken down and a contrite Noah wrote on his Twitter account that he would make sure it was not promoted anywhere again.
But late Wednesday night on his radio program, he sounded contrite, betraying none of the defiance and bluster that has landed him on the president's enemy's list.
Poroshenko has struck a contrite tone since the first round of the election, apologizing for mistakes and firing some of the people he appointed to high office.
Lam, appearing both contrite and defiant, used much of the same language as a previous press conference on Saturday when she announced a postponement of the bill.
In court Uber had taken a contrite and muted stance, promising to do more to provide support for riders and drivers, including launching a telephone hotline for passengers.
Though Ansari struck a somewhat contrite tone in his 2018 statement, some of his standup after the allegations came to light seemed to point to deep-seated anger.
Harvey Weinstein was apologetic and contrite during the Board of Directors meeting Tuesday when he resigned under pressure from the Board ... sources connected to the meeting tell TMZ.
Emanuel has already been caught shoplifting — "I'm not doing that anymore," he said firmly with what sounded like contrite embarrassment — and his mom, Christina Laster, worries about him.
Bette made every effort to understand her child, and, if out of habit she sometimes referred to Abby by the masculine pronoun, she was contrite, and was forgiven.
In response, during a 109-minute news conference, Blair was at times contrite and emotional, and at others clearly angry at the way his actions had been portrayed.
"I like that they are contrite, but these issues are existential and they aren't taking any structural changes," said Tim Wu, a professor of law at Columbia University.
A contrite President Emmanuel Macron announced tax cuts and income increases for the struggling middle class and working poor on Monday, after weeks of violent protests around France.
That was part of his process of being as contrite and as transparent as he felt like he could and should be, and wanted to at the time.
In his half-contrite, half-defiant resignation letter, Mr Flynn wrote of having sincerely apologised to both Mr Pence and Mr Trump for "inadvertently" misleading them with "incomplete information".
Whether you're saying cheers to the downfall of the Wall Street elite or drinking down bad memories, Lehman Brothers whiskey, with its "contrite, bereft peatiness," could be for you.
Mr Parker was acquitted, though in a recent comment on the episode, which to some seemed insufficiently contrite, he conceded that "there are things more important than the law".
Facebook sources said Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy, was solemn and contrite as he said he recognized the difficult situation he had put the company in.
The changes coincided with a startlingly contrite campaign appearance by Trump on Thursday, when he acknowledged that several statements he's made on the trail have been hurtful to others.
And she forgives a tearfully contrite Raúl; is worshiped by Dani and the paternal Arturo; and, in a wildly improbable seaside musical interlude, is serenaded by her dashing doctor.
He accepted a ban for all of 2014; made peace with baseball's incoming commissioner, Rob Manfred; and returned to the Yankees in 2015 as a contrite and dedicated teammate.
Whatever the intention behind his Sieg Heil at White Hart Lane, Bosnich is only so contrite about the incident as to use it as material for after-dinner speaking.
In a 2012 piece honoring the 110th anniversary of Willis Carrier's invention of air conditioning, Architect magazine honored the invention, but sounded a bit contrite about what Carter wrought.
At his rally that day, the president sounded nearly contrite, saying he had made mistakes in the past and had "matured" — a play on words using his last name.
It helps that, after a bungled initial response to the disaster, in which it indelicately asserted its right to compensation if its concession were revoked, Autostrade has sounded more contrite.
So much so that, as we reported last week, CEO Tony Fadell appeared before the all-hands meeting of sister company Google to offer a contrite defense of his firm.
In the wake of her stating her intent to plead guilty on Monday, Felicity Huffman issued a contrite statement about her involvement in the high-profile college admissions cheating scandal.
Only a self righteous, narcissist would continue to spout off and not - in the face of Americans' pain and agony -be contrite and apologize for your part in this catastrophe.
In her first public statement since dropping from public view four months ago, Ms. Fan offered a contrite apology and pledged to pay the fine to avoid a criminal investigation.
He had become a seemingly contrite actor in a trial intended to discredit China's struggling dissident lawyers who take up contentious cases and want courts freed of Communist Party control.
Facebook has already announced a string of new privacy and anti-abuse measures, seeking to transform its image from a defiant and secretive behemoth into a contrite paragon of openness.
But investment banks like Goldman and Morgan Stanley are contrite and asking themselves whether the traditional IPO, however lucrative for them, remains the best means to bring tech firms to market.
The Football Supporters' Federation, which represents fans from England and Wales, has been less contrite, saying that English fans acted in self-defence and that the French police were too aggressive.
A contrite Franken appeared on Monday before a throng of reporters gathered outside his office as the senator vowed to get back to work following a week-long Senate Thanksgiving break.
" Kaicheng Liang, who confronted a colleague who was mocking Asian names, said: "I had an >1 hour conversation with the offender, who was genuinely contrite, but it left me emotionally exhausted.
LOCKHART: There was what I call the contrite school of thought, which was take responsibility for his part of this, he's doing the job and that's what he would keep doing.
In a six-hour session in front of parliament's Business and Work and Pensions committees, Green was at times contrite, at times exasperated and at one point came close to walking out.
And that makes sense, since a contrite and experienced Ryan is still a lot more useful as a partner than some neophyte Speaker no matter his or her level of Trump loyalty.
State media have reported disapprovingly on the uploading of videos to one of Bytedance's platforms by teenage mothers who do not appear contrite about having children before the legal age for marriage.
" Hart posted a contrite video over the weekend on his Instagram account apologizing to his pregnant wife, Eniko Parrish, and his children from his first marriage for "a bad error in judgment.
She seemed contrite at first, then offered a variety of excuses — including that Ambien had made her do it and that she didn't know Jarrett was black — but the damage was done.
MARRAKESH, Morocco — Many women who have spoken out against sexual aggression by celebrities have received sympathy, and the men they have accused have often turned contrite in the face of public scorn.
"I know there are no magic words that I can say to regain your trust," Mr. Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said during a brief and contrite news conference outside his Senate office.
And the slur apparently either slipped Garrett's mind at the time or he was too abjectly contrite to offer it as a justification in the aftermath of the melee a week earlier.
He was contrite following a racism scandal, waited out a corruption probe and banked on the appeal of his liberal policies and the positive press from his trade tangling with Donald Trump.
So it is a good sign, albeit horribly overdue, to see a nervous and contrite-seeming Dorsey stand in front of the firehose of user opinion — for 50 or so raw, unedited minutes.
"The truth is that I was off on a tangent, on a stage, my mind going where it goes, trying to be funny," a contrite Buckley writes to his Columbia Records label mate.
Some of the big takeaways so far:   --ZUCKERBERG SAYS I'M SORRY: Zuckerberg opened his remarks to the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees hearings with a contrite tone, apologizing for his company's recent missteps.
" On Monday, Mr. Spencer was more contrite, saying in a text message to The Washington Post: "I apologize to my family, friends, and the people of my district for this ridiculously ugly episode.
Yet Russia continues to dispute the existence of a doping conspiracy, and the overt display of Olympic success seems to be at odds with the I.O.C.'s request for a more contrite posture.
At turns defiant and mournful but hardly contrite, Mr. Franken called it "the worst day of my political life," as he denied allegations of groping and improper advances from at least six women.
However, a contrite Medvedev later said he regretted his behavior and apologized for the animosity, telling the crowd after his quarter-final victory over Stan Wawrinka that "what I've done is not good".
Even Mr. Manafort's apology for his crimes rang somewhat hollow, she said, because it appeared to be prompted by Judge Ellis's criticism that he did not seem sufficiently contrite during last week's sentencing.
Mr. Buttigieg acknowledged in a contrite statement that he had not achieved sufficient changes in the police department to avert similar episodes and to earn the trust of the African-American community there.
Not everyone in the conservative Bavarian CSU was convinced by her uncharacteristically contrite remarks on Monday, however, and Merkel's own views on political longevity could play into her decision on whether to stand again.
The posture is more contrite, the geopolitical stakes are higher, but Zuckerberg is still pushing the same solution he did last year in his 6,000-word manifesto on democracy: fix Facebook with more Facebook.
LONDON — After days of damaging headlines, a crisis over anti-Semitism within Britain's opposition Labour Party seemed to be fading, following reassuring statements and a contrite — if belated — apology from its leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When inspectors showed up to investigate reports that a popular Islamabad take-out restaurant was flaunting the city's new plastic bag ban this week, the response was less than contrite.
Kalanick will continue to well-up and appear contrite, Uber will make small changes and the problem will probably fester and regrow because no one was willing to tear it out by its roots.
McCain, 58, has steered Maple Leaf since 1995, and may be best known as the face of the company's contrite handling of a 2008 tainted meat recall, which involved the deaths of 22 people.
Two people who witnessed the encounter said a contrite Mr. Parscale promised that the problem would be sorted out promptly by his wife, Candice Parscale, who handles the books on many of his ventures.
It also suggests an Uber that could have been: one with a contrite Kalanick at the helm, and it may help explain in part why some employees felt the need to protest his ouster.
Reached by phone in "Asia" — he wouldn't reveal the country — Mr. Meklat sounded contrite, half-pleaded to be forgiven, acknowledged that tweeting had become an "obsession," and insisted that "Marcelin Deschamps" wasn't really him.
" In a lengthy interview eight months after the hearing, Mr. Biden was more contrite, worrying aloud to The Washington Post that he had not "attacked the attackers" of Ms. Hill "more frequently and consistently.
Republican elites wanted Donald Trump to take the stage at the second presidential debate Sunday night as a contrite man and show remorse for bragging about sexual assault in audio leaked on Friday from 2005.
It's a tough, furious scene, but for impact it has nothing on the follow-up, which shows a seemingly contrite Miles putting first a jeweled necklace — and then his arm — around the anguished Frances' neck.
Living up to Japan's reputation for being precise as well as contrite, a train company in Tokyo delivered a formal apology on Tuesday because one of its trains left a station just 20 seconds early.
Kirkus took down the review and replaced it with a contrite statement from its editor in chief, Claiborne Smith, who noted that the review, which was written by a Muslim woman, was being re-evaluated.
His brow creased, his tone contrite, the French president acknowledged his mistakes—"I know I have hurt some of you with my words"—and promised a range of fiscal measures to boost pay packets and pensions.
But you also heard a lot from Trump surrogates who laid out a strategy for Trump to—maybe, just maybe—mount a comeback on Sunday night if he apologized sincerely and effusively and seemed genuinely contrite.
In prepared testimony to be delivered before a Senate Committee on Tuesday, John Stumpf, chief executive of Wells Fargo, strikes a decidedly contrite tone on the scandal over fake accounts created by employees at the bank.
The crowd-goading villain turned contrite everyman, Medvedev is a man of many faces so it came as little surprise when a reporter at a media conference on Friday accidentally called him by the wrong name.
"I have to apologise," an unusually contrite pope told reporters aboard the plane returning to Rome from a week-long trip to Chile and Peru, saying he realised he had "wounded many people who were abused".
His brow creased, his tone contrite, the French president acknowledged his mistakes—"I know I have hurt some of you with my words"—and promised a costly package of fiscal measures to boost pay packets and pensions.
"The past decade shows that user concerns over privacy appear to have little teeth on changing how the platform behaves, aside from a recycling of contrite statements and promises to do better from its C.E.O.," she said.
To top it off, Trump's comments characterizing impeachment as a "hoax" in the scorching letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with his defiant performance at the rally in Michigan make clear he is anything but contrite.
Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and Chance the Rapper, who collaborated with Mr. Kelly in the past, distanced themselves with contrite statements; Lady Gaga removed a 2013 track, "Do What U Want," from online music services.
Matt Lauer asked Lochte about the difficulties fellow swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger had when they tried getting out of Rio ... Lochte seems way more contrite than he did in his statement where he hedged on fault.
Facing demands for both his resignation and even a criminal prosecution for his part in the poisoning of Flint, Rick Snyder, the Republican governor of Michigan, sounded contrite in his state-of-the-state address on January 2000th.
Reyes the player is still an above average hitter and his defense hasn't gone completely around the bend yet either, even at age 33; he is saying and doing all the right contrite things, for whatever that's worth.
After some pathetic begging from a contrite (and yet, no less detestable) Gregory, Maggie finds a bit of pity left in herself and allows him and his fellow captives a bit of food and time outside their pen.
"In normal conditions I would have no difficulty in seeing traffic coming from the Dersingham direction, but I can only imagine that I failed to see the car coming, and I am very contrite about the consequences," he said.
I couldn't read her face, but I thought, at least by the flickering light of the TV, that she looked softer, contrite even, as if she'd reconsidered her position, or at least the way she'd laid it on me.
But it would seem he's still tortured by it, as the profile features a contradictory set of quotes that paint him as both contrite and defensive about the infamous hair-mussing moment and the months of his political-lite shows thereafter.
Contrite but happy to be back on a baseball field, Reyes worked out at the Colorado Rockies' spring training complex on Thursday, his first step in returning from a 59-day suspension for violating Major League Baseball's new domestic violence policy.
At a moment when allegations of egregious sexual misconduct against such men as Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., Mark Halperin, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Russell Simmons, and John Conyers were resulting in serious repercussions, Franken's statement came off as insufficiently contrite.
Those are some of the words the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden used Sunday in a contrite explanation for the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla killed on Saturday to save a boy who slipped into the zoo's habitat.
Instead, Mayfield was contrite for his behavior and Riley endorsed that sentiment after the Heisman Trophy hopeful grabbed his crotch on the sideline and yelled while attempting to convey a message to the Jayhawks, a move that was caught by TV cameras.
Although we're Americans, being Muslims means anytime something ugly happens in the world, we're expected to condemn it, and be contrite for the actions of any depraved individual who claims our faith, ranging from the horrors of Paris to San Bernardino and Orlando.
But then this is the man who has defended providing a platform to people who make a living selling lies, so… "We haven't done a good job of that in the past," was certainly phrase of the morning for a contrite Dorsey.
In his testimony, which was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Stumpf strikes a decidedly contrite tone about the scandal over the fake accounts, which has engulfed Wells Fargo since it reached a $185 million settlement with regulators on Sept. 8.
"It seemed from the beginning that the DNA test was an honest attempt to prevent Trump's racist attacks from being indulged in the media, and she has seemed genuinely surprised and contrite regarding the reaction from the tribal community," Mr. Fallon said.
New CEO Dara Khosrowshahi does represent a welcome break with the old Uber and its aggressive style of business — and has signaled a desire to work with local lawmakers, as well as apologizing for Uber's past mistakes, and managing to sound genuinely contrite and constructive.
Reyes Nears Return Contrite but happy to be back on a baseball field, shortstop Jose Reyes worked out at the Colorado Rockies' spring training facility, his first step in returning from a 653-day suspension for violating Major League Baseball's new domestic violence policy.
Reyes, who signed a minor league contract with the Mets, returned a contrite and humbled figure on Sunday when he made his debut for the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones, a pit stop on his return to the Mets in the next week or so.
News Analysis It was Donald J. Trump's chance to sound contrite and mature, to explain away the sexually predatory boasts he was caught making on tape and to persuade Americans that — for all his no-apologies braggadocio — he was, in fact, capable of feeling shame.
Woman at center of Kevin Hart scandal speaks Hart, who was giving the radio interview in support of his new film, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle " was contrite Thursday, saying the best way to deal with the issue was to address it head-on.
Gary Hendler's application for a presidential pardon runs nearly 264 pages, detailing the places he has lived, the jobs he's had, the schools attended, any drug use, debts, good works and a full and contrite account of the crime that led him to this point.
But Mr. Carson, who has privately fumed about what he regards as the unfairness of being singled out for criticism, resisted doing so until Thursday's hearing, when one of the panel's Republicans, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, gently prodded him to be more contrite.
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian anticorruption protesters were out in record numbers on Sunday evening, so distrusting of their government that they refused to accept its contrite promise the night before to capitulate to their demands and rescind a decree that had decriminalized some corruption offenses.
FRANKFURT — The chief executive of Deutsche Bank apologized in especially contrite terms on Thursday for the long list of misdeeds that tarnished the German lender's reputation and cost it billions of euros in fines and settlements, adding that bonuses of top managers would be cut.
He has to initiate reconciliation, starting with a public and genuinely contrite acknowledgment of how damaging his posture has been and ending with intentional, informed policy proposals that attack the structural causes of inequality without resorting to stereotypes, dog whistling and other forms of scapegoating.
A naked play-fight in the shower ran out of control, with spectators gathering and the man involved biting the woman's ass before accidentally propelling her through the glass shell, sending Josh into a rage that surprised everyone—not least the woman, who was uninjured but contrite.
Instead of apologizing, she's telling the truth about what happened, and making clear that this isn't just about one bad interview; it's about an expectation that women are compliant and contrite even when someone -- another woman, in this case -- knowingly and purposefully ignores a woman's stated desires.
Still, Gates' two turns on the witness stand in front of Jackson redounded to his benefit as he seemed to go out of his way to appear earnest and contrite while sitting in the witness box just feet from the same judge who would sentence him.
Erikka Knuti, a former communications aide to the senator, described her experience as broadly positive and said Ms. Klobuchar could be contrite at times, remembering a gesture of regret from the senator once after she snapped at Ms. Knuti in an elevator in front of another lawmaker.
Thompson is a naive young man, a virtual stranger to national athletic competition, who wandered briefly onto that stage without any material guidance from support personnel," he ruled, adding that Thompson "is a humble and contrite person who recognizes the magnitude of his mistake and accepts its serious consequences.
C.) and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) (These days, Republican leaders resemble exhausted, bruised cowboys trying to coax a crazed bull into a holding pen.) Trump then issued a not-so-contrite statement explaining that he was only complaining about the "unfair and mistaken" rulings against him by Curiel.
As it heads toward a valuation of about $90 billion — nearly the combined value of General Motors and FedEx — Uber is packaging its new image as a socially oriented company led by a contrite chief executive facing an enormous potential market that it has only begun to explore.
He told Mr. Kelly that if Mr. Trump delivered a second, more contrite statement it would do him no good, with either the public or the Washington press corps, which he denigrated as a "Pretorian guard" protecting the Democrats' consensus that Mr. Trump is a race-baiting demagogue.
They were contrite words from a pitcher who in 2013 was one of the best in baseball but has since endured two operations, assorted struggles on the mound and the increasing perception that he is too wedded to a celebrity lifestyle and does not take his job seriously enough.
In his first television appearance since he was widely criticized for using a racial epithet on the air, the HBO late-night host Bill Maher was by turns contrite and defiant, apologizing for his remarks while arguing that comedians should be allowed the freedom to transgress and offend.
Because then you'd have to admit you were dead WRONG running around bellowing that HRC was more dangerous than "Only a self righteous, narcissist would continue to spout off and not - in the face of Americans' pain and agony -be contrite and apologize for your part in this catastrophe," she concluded.
But even as the three men expressed gratitude for the meeting — "I have never seen anyone so contrite," Mr. Cruz said of Francis — they urged the pope to transform "his loving words" of apology into "exemplary actions" to end sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Roman Catholic Church.
" Philip went on to explain that "the sun was shining low over the main road," adding, "in normal conditions I would have no difficulty in seeing traffic coming from the Dersingham direction, but I can only imagine that I failed to see the car coming, and I am very contrite about the consequences.
"If they were to make a substantial donation to the Innocence Project [a nonprofit working to freely the wrongfully convicted], I could not put my own fate above that," Muller said during a 30-minute interview from behind bars, a stark change from the contrite tone he struck at his federal sentencing.
The prime minister was described as "contrite" at a meeting of Conservative members called the 1922 Committee, apologizing to those politicians who lost their seats in an election she did not need to hold and promising to clear up "the mess" she made on Thursday by working more widely with her party.
In preparation for Mr. Zuckerberg's testimony, his first such appearance, Facebook has spent the last couple of weeks trying to transform its public image from a defiant, secretive behemoth into a contrite paragon of openness, announcing a string of new privacy and anti-abuse measures and making company executives available for numerous interviews.
" Queen Elizabeth's husband went on to explain that "the sun was shining low over the main road," adding, "in normal conditions I would have no difficulty in seeing traffic coming from the Dersingham direction, but I can only imagine that I failed to see the car coming, and I am very contrite about the consequences.
Hackers accessed more personal data from Equifax than previously disclosed HP took me on a zero-gravity flight to promote their space printer This gadget lets you scratch and play vinyl without a needle Khosrowshahi's official statement in the wake of the settlement reads as genuinely contrite and shows a company ready to move on.
There is no real pity to be found, here, as Manziel has never really pretended to be anything but the lout that he has revealed himself to be; he has never been contrite, never even really feinted seriously at making any positive change, and never really evinced any interest in doing right by anyone but himself.
As a witness, President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's former attorney — facing three years in prison for campaign finance violations and lying to Congress before — appeared contrite, sympathetic, sad … and devastating.
In a much more contrite blog post published later this afternoon, the team wrote, in part: We apologize that this event we instigated has created so much uncertainty, confusion and pain for so many developers who really do not deserve this… As a platform company, we believe humility and introspection are critical responses to the suffering of your community, however it comes about.
Mr. Biden's uncertainty over how to address his past positions and conduct, and how contrite he ought to be, captures the tension at the heart of his emerging candidacy: Can he retain the unvarnished, tell-it-like-it-is political brand that appeals to so many voters, especially older ones, while also inspiring a Democratic Party that has grown more progressive and is increasingly defined by its youthful, diverse constituencies?
Hayes, equally shockingly, was forthcoming and seemingly contrite; while (paraphrasing) "it was the 80s and we were all pretty stupid, that's how I grew up, and I never should've done either the flag or called Henry that" isn't as good as not doing it in the first fucking place, it's also not bad for a Georgia redneck who was painting his face to look like the rebel flag a scant 30 years ago.

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