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sorry for

adj. feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey [syn: pitying, sorry, sorry for(p)]

Usage examples of "sorry for".

I muttered something that even I couldn't understand and stumbled to the nearest chair, rubbing my jaw and feeling immensely sorry for myself.

They said my father was very sorry for something he'd done to me when I was 4 years old.

She couldn't help but be angry at them, even as she felt sorry for them.