How to Use remorse in a Sentence

remorse

noun
Definition of remorsenext
Synonyms for remorsenext
  • I could forgive him for what he did if he showed some remorse.
  • In August Jack Dorsey was struck with a pang of remorse.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Jensen expressed no remorse in a statement to the court.
    — Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Alex was in rehab, full of remorse and asking for prayers.
    — James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • There is no self-knowledge or remorse, no greater sense of justice than there was in 1947.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • And for less than $60, there’s little room for buyer’s remorse.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Has Chao met a client who has balked at the Open Street or felt buyer’s remorse afterwards?
    — John Surico, Curbed, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In a statement shared in court Monday, the girls expressed remorse for their actions.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Todd has shown no remorse for his actions on Jan. 6, the government said.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
  • All are great options, but a photo will save you any buyer's remorse for this style.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Stick to a budget to avoid having to worry about buyer's remorse.
    — Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • At up to 60 percent off, the Horizon Woven Shorts won’t give you buyer’s remorse.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This was a man full of remorse, haunted by history – and impelled by love.
    — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But again, most interesting in psychopaths is the lack of remorse.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • One of the board members involved in the exit of Altman, however, has since expressed remorse about the move.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Kuhnau didn’t give them any chance for buyer’s remorse.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Under a new pilot program, Google is trying to make sure that kind of buyer's remorse becomes a thing of the past.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • There was none of the remorse or justification seen from the Griselda character in the show.
    — Laura Zornosa, TIME, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Related While Spears is offering up some remorse, JT wants no parts of any of that.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Avoid buyer's remorse by not impulse-buying anything in the first place.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Spoelstra said Martin expressed remorse in the locker room, glad the spillover into the stands didn’t turn more extreme.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Many tech CEOs, with varying degrees of remorse, have blamed over-hiring in the early days of the pandemic for the mass layoffs now.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Back in a 2019 interview with the New York Times, Sorokin expressed little remorse for her actions.
    — Katie Reul, Variety, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The king expressed remorse during a speech marking the 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 2 July 2023
  • Chapman has expressed some remorse for killing Lennon in recent years.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Schechter said based on his research, Gein never expressed remorse for his crimes.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Buyer’s remorse from Arizona to Washington could be a real thing in a few years.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • All the while, Bowers, 50, who had raged against Jewish people during the attack and has shown no remorse since, looked the other way and flipped through a stack of papers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • During an examination by a doctor, the teen showed no remorse for the attack and laughed when he was told about her injuries, Scott said.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
  • But from the bench, Mendez noted the defendant hadn’t displayed any remorse or respect for the criminal conduct.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024

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