Below you will find example sentences with "feel sorry". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Feel Sorry in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: sorry
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 18.2 words

Words in this phrase

feel sorry

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • feel can mean: To use or experience the sense of touch. Common word
  • sorry can mean: Regretful or apologetic for one's actions. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

i feel sorry for the 2× added i feel sorry for the 1× and i feel sorry for them 1× can t feel sorry for a 1× course i feel sorry for the 1× don t feel sorry for myself 1× easy to feel sorry for myself 1× i feel sorry for her 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i feel sorry 5× asked why they 1× clearly alec and 1× for instance she 1× i don t 1× i m trying 1×

Common sentence endings:

sorry for them 2× 13 players missing 1× feel bad for 1× gamestop s stockholders 1× in a way 1× in the playground 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

don 3× myself 3× people 3× thing 2× recently 2× know 2× own 2× want 2× kid 1× basically 1× abandoned 1× parents 1×

Related phrases

feel safe feel comfortable feel confident deeply sorry feel terrible feel entitled

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

feel safe feel entitled feel confident feel comfortable federation president federation nff

Just after it in the phrase index:

feel terrible feels good feet apart feet away feet long feet tall

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

feel safe feel comfortable feel confident feel terrible feel entitled

Same ending:

deeply sorry

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "feel sorry" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 18.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as i feel sorry for the, added i feel sorry for the, don, myself and people stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with feel safe, feel comfortable and feel confident, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with feel sorry

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

I feel sorry sorry you. (5 words)

I don’t feel sorry for myself. (7 words)

I want to feel sorry for somebody. (7 words)

Longer example sentences

I’m trying to decide whether or not I should feel sorry for myself about this, because even my very own daughter, who recently rented a house with a pool, never invited me over to use it. (37 words)

I feel sorry for her and give her what she wants, but recently I wasn’t able to send her any money, as I had sent her about $1,100 over the past six weeks. (35 words)

Clearly Alec and Hilaria think that if we all just see who they are, hear their tale of woe over and over, that we’ll feel sorry for them. (29 words)

Question examples

If you can’t feel sorry for a kid who was basically abandoned by his parents, who can you feel bad for? (22 words)

Exclamation examples

Asked why they would feel sorry for him, he said: ‘Because I’ve never won a thing! (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

I feel sorry sorry you.

If you can’t feel sorry for a kid who was basically abandoned by his parents, who can you feel bad for?

Asked why they would feel sorry for him, he said: ‘Because I’ve never won a thing!

Clearly Alec and Hilaria think that if we all just see who they are, hear their tale of woe over and over, that we’ll feel sorry for them.

For instance, she would trim her lawn with a pair of scissors so other neighbors would feel sorry for her and mow it for her.

However, if this change was a one-off, then I feel sorry for GameStop's stockholders.

I don’t feel sorry for myself.

I feel sorry for her and give her what she wants, but recently I wasn’t able to send her any money, as I had sent her about $1,100 over the past six weeks.

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I feel sorry for him in a way.

I feel sorry for Joost, I know how tough this game is.

I feel sorry for the people who don't own ice scrapers.

I feel sorry for the people who want to know where they are going with their career.

I’m trying to decide whether or not I should feel sorry for myself about this, because even my very own daughter, who recently rented a house with a pool, never invited me over to use it.

It was easy to feel sorry for myself compared with those healthy-looking dads in the playground.

I’ve been getting booked for pretty much nothing but they’re applying the rules and I feel sorry for them.

I want to feel sorry for somebody.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, meanwhile, was delighted that his team refused to feel sorry for themselves despite having 13 players missing.

Of course, I feel sorry for the people we disrupted.

She added: “I feel sorry for the staff, all of these changes, disruptions and massive reorganisation to be implemented days before the return to school is shocking.

That’s the great thing about this league, you don’t get long to feel sorry for yourself.

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