As soon as he grew really tiresome his father became abjectly apologetic.

He was mooning about and didn't seem best pleased to see me, but he was quite duly apologetic, said he was puzzling over the tragedy and hoped I didn't mind his trespassing on my property.

" Before this vaguely apologetic reply, the new-comer once more relapsed into thoughtfulness.

I think Dicky was a trifle afraid, also, of his mother's verdict, for his attitude was elaborately apologetic as he explained his invitation to me.

Twice indeed in his epistles to Timothy, he recommends the Scriptures of the Old Testament; but even in the more striking passage, (on which such exaggerated stress has been laid,) the spirit of his remark is essentially apologetic.

He was suave, restrained and exceedingly apologetic.

The eyes were as gravely apologetic as ever.

Dorothea, when at about half-past ten she put on her bonnet and cloak and stepped down to visit themthe prisoners having by that time cleared the pavementfound herself surrounded by a crew humorously apologetic for their toilettes, profoundly envious of her better luck, but on excellent terms with one another and the younger ones, at any rate, who had borne the worst of the discomfortenjoying the adventure thoroughly.

We shall get there before it's closed.' CHAPTER II Opera Glasses Whether to behave with some coolness to Mitchell, and be stand-offish, as though it had been all his fault, or to be lavishly apologetic, was the question.

Without at all prejudging the question on this score, it is difficult not to feel a certain presumption in favour of a conclusion which has been reached after such elaborate argument, especially where, as here, there could be no suspicion of a merely apologetic tendency on either side.

I've met country folks who'd have been servilely apologetic, and some who would have called you ugly names.

The old woman was terribly apologetic about having gone into the room.

On the contrary, she felt most uncomfortably apologetic to Sarah Gailey for George Cannon, and to George Cannon for Sarah Gailey.

If there had been mockery in his eyes or a smile on his lips as he faced Jerry there would have been a gun play on the spot; but, instead, the brown eyes were as dumbly apologetic as ever.