When you do reach them, they're apologetic but can do nothing to help.
“It would be easy for me to die if I gave information to someone from the outside,” said one of the gatekeepers in a firm but apologetic voice.
Sometimes I felt really sorry for him being ignored by me so I would send some lame apologetic message with an excuse of why I can't answer his calls/emails/messages.
His tone was tenderly apologetic at the end.
"These journalists here were very apologetic," said Mr. Bush. "They said this doesn't represent the Iraqi people."
The results are more like the apologetic robot rebel Sonny from the film I, robot, starring Will Smith, than the homicidal machines of Terminator, but they demonstrate an important principal.
It's who I am, and when I'm not feeling apologetic about it, I like it.
The next morning Mr Sha requested a meeting with Mr Ban during which he was "deeply apologetic" according to Farhan Haq, the acting deputy UN spokesman.
He was profusely apologetic about the mistake.
The shops close earlier than usual, leaving apologetic signs that ask for the understanding of those clients who do arrive at their doors.
Others are almost apologetic: “If only we knew what we had, we would never have strayed to other malls.”
Gadamer is a bit apologetic about it, and he goes into the appropriate etymologies.
When I arrived I was met by the mother, a big startled looking woman, very clean and apologetic who merely said, is this the doctor?
She was apologetic, but had an explanation.
Zijin's apologetic statements were unusual.
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