Wondering how to use Remorseful in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as contrite or rueful.
Remorseful meaning
- Feeling or filled with remorse.
- Expressing or caused by remorse.
Using Remorseful
- The main meaning on this page is: Feeling or filled with remorse. | Expressing or caused by remorse.
- Useful related words include: contrite, rueful, ruthful, penitent.
- In the example corpus, remorseful often appears in combinations such as: was remorseful, remorseful for, remorseful and.
Context around Remorseful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Remorseful
- In this selection, "remorseful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, genuinely, absolutely, deeply, defense, buyers and apology stand out and add context to how "remorseful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and is remorseful and and genuinely remorseful defense attorney. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "remorseful" sits close to words such as abrogation, airman and algonquin, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with remorseful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was very embarrassed and remorseful. (6 words)
He is remorseful he caused signficant emotional harm. (8 words)
Mr Barnes said his client was ‘genuinely remorseful’. (8 words)
Mr Williamson did accept Taylor was remorseful and had provided significant assistance to police, including giving them an account of what happened as soon as he was arrested in his hometown of Baradine, NSW. (34 words)
The sheriff said that the report indicated that Gonsalez's actions were out of character and that he was very remorseful after he sobered up and was "appalled" at what he had done. (33 words)
He comes back to Richmond and shares a moment with Ted in the locker room where he's absolutely remorseful for what he's done, and Ted had already forgiven him. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
He comes back to Richmond and shares a moment with Ted in the locker room where he's absolutely remorseful for what he's done, and Ted had already forgiven him.
He is remorseful he caused signficant emotional harm.
He was very embarrassed and remorseful.
However, he remained because he said the chapter members were remorseful.
Lyons is ashamed of his actions and genuinely remorseful, defense attorney Lawrence Wolf Levin said in a court filing.
Mr Barnes said his client was ‘genuinely remorseful’.
Mr Williamson did accept Taylor was remorseful and had provided significant assistance to police, including giving them an account of what happened as soon as he was arrested in his hometown of Baradine, NSW.
Oldman was “deeply remorseful”, he said, for the way he had spoken and had really only meant to expose common hypocrisy.
Paige Morgan, mitigating, said Green was compliant with the police and is remorseful.
Rosemary Proctor, defending, said her client admits his responsibility and is genuinely remorseful.
She says: ‘Your partner might not be remorseful, or worse, gaslight you into believing it was your fault.
The court heard he is no longer with the woman, has no previous convictions for violence and is remorseful.
The court heard that Battista had no past convictions, was remorseful and was capable of leading a normal and productive life in the future.
The driver initially seemed remorseful but then took off, the witness said.
The prosecutor noted that according to Providence’s report, one week after the killing, Israel was not only normal, but he was also not sad nor remorseful.
The sheriff said that the report indicated that Gonsalez's actions were out of character and that he was very remorseful after he sobered up and was "appalled" at what he had done.
A number of these remorseful buyers decided to exit their positions if they can do so at breakeven.
Defence counsel Elroy Claxton pointed to a number of positive references by other professionals, and his client's remorseful apology letter.
Gordon Stables, defending, said his client is “utterly dejected and remorseful” and facing losing his business thanks to the inevitable prison sentence.
He added that she was acting “entirely out of character” and was remorseful for her actions.
Common combinations with remorseful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was remorseful 13×
- remorseful for 12×
- remorseful and 11×
- is remorseful 10×
- genuinely remorseful 6×
- remorseful he 4×
- and remorseful 4×
- be remorseful 4×
- very remorseful 4×
- deeply remorseful 2×