Example Sentences

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“Apology-washing changes no one, neither the apologizer nor the recipient, because the act regurgitates a social norm rather than launching an emotional process,” Mr. Seidman told me.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2014

An authentic apology feels extremely uncomfortable and even painful to the apologizer.

From Time • May 21, 2013

You can argue that those actions were necessary and justified, but you can’t say they were the work of an apologizer.

From Newsweek • Sep. 12, 2012

By demonstrating that he's as good a liar as he is an apologizer, Weiner tells us everything we need to know about him.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2011

The conundrum for the offended: How much difference is there, really, between the offender and the subsequent apologizer?

From Washington Post