The phrase "apologized for messing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is expressing regret for causing a disruption or making a mistake.
Example: "She apologized for messing up the presentation and promised to do better next time."
Alternatives: "apologized for the mistake" or "apologized for the error."
And when he does, he apologizes repeatedly for messing up their first meeting.
ALEX WILLIAMS put down his mop and apologized for the mess.
Before we took off in Allison's burgundy Nissan Ultima, she apologized for the mess in the back seat.
She thanked me, apologized for the mess she'd put me through, and promised to hire a housekeeper to keep things in order while she recovered.
But the morning could also be accurately described like this: Relaxing in her trailer between scenes, Katherine Heigl apologized for the mess — her daughter, Naleigh, had been playing with stuffed animals.
On a Tuesday afternoon a few weeks ago, the New York Giants running back Tiki Barber shuffled to the door of his apartment, on East Sixty-ninth Street, and apologized for the mess inside.
All those occasions when people popped over to my house unexpectedly and I apologized for the mess claiming I was in the midst of giant reorganization project?
Indeed, with few exceptions, none of the neocons have apologized for the mess they had made in the Middle East, and have instead been trying to defend their foreign-policy narrative, especially after the election of a new president who seemed to be offering a different one.
He led them through a succession of shadowy, chilly, gracious rooms with shuttered windows, apologizing for the mess and the state of decay: his dragging foot seemed to be part of his diffidence.
Singh said she was really busy and wasn't able to "get ready" (A.K.A. put makeup on) for two meetings that day, so she texted the people she was about to see and apologized for looking like "a mess".
