Sentence examples for statement of contrition from inspiring English sources

Mr. Harris turned to the Opsahl family as he read his statement of contrition.

The mandate is a statement of contrition as well as ambition.

Mr. Strong wrote a statement of contrition that was released by Mr. Spitzer's office yesterday.

When Mr. Barton soon did issue a statement of contrition, Mr. Boehner's office also distributed it, for added effect.

Our finger-wagging Puritanism is in overdrive as infidelity is intimated — and seemingly confirmed in a formal, somewhat elliptical statement of contrition by Mr. Jackson.

These days, President François Hollande's actions can be summed up by his statement of contrition about colonial France's murderous treatment of Algerians.

While some officers remain defiant, some are offering elaborate statements of contrition.

That aside, are not John Paul's statements of contrition and remembrance having a cumulative effect, working a gradual but profound change in Catholic-Jewish relations?

Most Wall Street firms and their executives, embarrassed by details in the industrywide settlement on how they duped investors to keep their corporate clients happy, have either kept quiet or issued statements of contrition for the lapses that occurred during the stock boom of the 1990's.

Mr. Hayward delivered an opening statement full of contrition for the immense damage his company has done.

Will Hague offer an apology, or a statement on contrition?