Example sentences for: remorse

How can you use “remorse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He rocks back and forth, swivels in his chair, stutters, and shows little, if any, remorse for FALN bombings--though he does renounce violence.

  • The LAT lead says that the Japanese delegation finally issued an unsigned document that refers to some of Japan's prior expressions of remorse about China, but stops short of actually apologizing.

  • Literature might be better served if rage or remorse were diverted into parlor comedy.

  • Although President Yeltsin decided to attend the St. Petersburg ceremony barely 24 hours before it took place, his remarks were heavy with remorse.

  • Since English lacks a calque for au revoir , it would be technically possible to make one, perhaps on the model of Joyce's (or his Stephen Dedalus') “agenbite (of inwit)” for remorse: till the agenseeing . But of course such bitterly pedantic wordplay would be unthinkable on the lips of the plain-spoken priest whose words give the Malle film its title and some of its poignancy.


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