Explore Contrite through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like remorseful or rueful. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Contrite in a sentence
Contrite meaning
- Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
- Thoroughly bruised or broken.
Synonyms of Contrite
Using Contrite
- The main meaning on this page is: Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions. | Thoroughly bruised or broken.
- Useful related words include: remorseful, rueful, ruthful, penitent.
- In the example corpus, contrite often appears in combinations such as: was contrite, contrite tone, with contrite.
Context around Contrite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contrite
- In this selection, "contrite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, turned, sounded, sounds, tone, heart and hearts stand out and add context to how "contrite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actions and contrite and and more contrite tone in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contrite" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contrite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cora has been contrite when addressing the issue. (8 words)
On Twitter, the opposition leader was more contrite. (8 words)
The paper said Roeper was “contrite” about the purchases. (9 words)
He first made a very careful confession of his sins, with a contrite heart, and was affected even to the shedding of tears, I am told; then he received in Communion the most Sacred Body and Extreme Unction was administered to him. (42 words)
Perhaps, after sleeping on the matter, and with the prospect of a resumed parliamentary session in front of them, there was a possibility that the Johnson government would adopt a humbler and more contrite tone in the light of day today. (41 words)
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. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
China initially struck a contrite tone about the balloon, saying that it was a weather craft that had drifted off course.
Even once we’ve humbled ourselves, with contrite heart, and called Him Lord, we are still after all new at being born again, being born spiritually.
May we learn to have more humble and contrite hearts to God and to one another.
As the moment turned into the biggest PR own-goal of Fine Gael’s campaign, Harris first issued a contrite but mostly self-justifying statement on his Instagram account.
Mr. Coffman was contrite on Thursday as he told that story.
My client is contrite, remorseful and quite frankly, mentally distraught over what happened here.
Alexandra Mamo, for the defence, said any suggestion that S.K. was not contrite is simply not true.
Cora has been contrite when addressing the issue.
One might think that legislative Democrats would be contrite about brazenly carrying water for a public-sector union once again.
On Twitter, the opposition leader was more contrite.
Perhaps, after sleeping on the matter, and with the prospect of a resumed parliamentary session in front of them, there was a possibility that the Johnson government would adopt a humbler and more contrite tone in the light of day today.
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.
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.
He was sentenced to five years of probation after telling the judge he was ashamed of his actions and contrite.
It’s clear that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have been more careful about accepting family vacations on a private island owned by the Aga Khan, as he himself acknowledged while offering a contrite apology.
Scott was contrite Thursday, saying, “I’ve come to the conclusion we made mistakes in replay review in the command center.
The church sounds contrite, and they got their $700 refunded.
The paper said Roeper was “contrite” about the purchases.
An earlier persecution had caused divisions over whether or how to accept back into the church contrite Christians who had apostatized under state threats, abuse, or torture.
He first made a very careful confession of his sins, with a contrite heart, and was affected even to the shedding of tears, I am told; then he received in Communion the most Sacred Body and Extreme Unction was administered to him.
Common combinations with contrite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: