sincere apology

collocation in English

meaningsofsincereandapology

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sincere
adjective
uk
/sɪnˈsɪər/us
/sɪnˈsɪr/
(of a person, feelings, or behaviour) not pretending or ...
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apology
noun
uk
/əˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/əˈpɑː.lə.dʒi/
an act of saying that you are sorry for something wrong you ...
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(Definition ofsincereandapologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I must end my speech with asincereapology.
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Often, people would be happy with a timely andsincereapology, but they rarely get one in respect of adoption.
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Very often, they are looking for asincereapologyfrom those involved.
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It has to be a genuine,sincereapology, honestly meant and genuinely given.
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The other case is one in which the administrative officer of the hospital has already admitted complete responsibility, and sent a mostsincereapology.
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The police came the next morning with an extremely polite, civil andsincereapology, and they explained their action by saying that they had received an anonymous telephone call.
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Feeling guilty, he goes to her house and offers her asincereapology.
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The publishers would like to offer their sincere apologies to the authors and to readers for this mistake.
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Our sincere apologies go to many contributors whose relevant publications are not cited.
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I received deep, sincere apologies and was told that it would not happen again.
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I am most concerned that the information given to you was incorrect and offer my sincere apologies.
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I offer him my sincere apologies.
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Commissioner, please accept my most sincere apologies, but you are a fervent supporter of transparency.
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Please accept my sincere apologies for this.
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The company deeply regrets this situation and asks everyone affected to accept our sincere apologies.
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Lycett has offered his sincere apologies to the original artist, citing the incident as unintentional.
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The band offers sincere apologies to all of their fans who purchased tickets.
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We offer our sincere apologies and condolences to their families....
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