adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A few days later, I received a contrite telephone call from the store, saying there had been a mistake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another kid might be contrite or repentant or maybe subdued.
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Grimly, Auguste marched back through the tent into the kitchen, with a contrite Boris trailing behind.
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Her tone was contrite and I thought Puddy was going to get all choked up.
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His touch was contrite , perhaps ashamed, but running hot beneath its gentleness.
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Immediately contrite , Mike crouched by Adam and lifted his head: it lolled sideways.
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Mercy should be shown to the contrite , but the community needed to be reassured that the contrition was genuine.
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She was not contrite or sorry or any of the things she should have been.