apologize
verb (used without object)
to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury.
are apologizing
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present progressiveof apologize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event drew criticism.
From Fox News ● Dec. 14, 2021
If you have apologized without understanding what you are apologizing for, then your apology doesn’t mean much.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
That is the issue soccer has to address: not that players are apologizing, but that they feel the need to do so.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
Following Christchurch, ashamed Australians are apologizing personally to New Zealanders on Twitter.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2019
"And now you are apologizing to me, I understand?"
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
