| George exhaled deeply and leaned against the wall, briefly looking away before gazing back at Becky apologetically. |
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| He recalled, almost apologetically, how beautiful the atom bomb was, marveling at how every color imaginable burst forth upon detonation. |
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| No more than a shell, it sits almost apologetically, ruined by the ravages of time. |
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| She started out quietly and apologetically but her voice quickly gained firmness. |
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| His press secretary apologetically announced he was running two hours late for our interview. |
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| They told me apologetically that although the baggage had been pulled out of the hold of the aircraft, the trailer carrying it was delayed. |
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| When asked if I'd seen any recent movies, I apologetically said that nothing new really interested me. |
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| I remember we ran into the lobby and apologetically asked where the restroom was. |
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| She pushed her homeroom door open and stepped in, smiling apologetically at the teacher. |
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| In his autobiography he concludes, somewhat apologetically, that perhaps he preferred objects to people. |
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| The customer, a middle-aged woman in jeans, blazer, conservative loafers, slunk away apologetically. |
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| Trey smiled at her apologetically before turning and shooting a longing glance over his shoulder. |
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| At the entrance, fans without tickets pleaded for spares, but apologetically, lest they be mistaken for touts and beaten to death. |
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| We solicitously and apologetically caress and celebrate him, because he held on his way and scorned our disapprobation. |
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| Smiling apologetically, she reached into her cash drawer and handed him a nickel. |
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| I stutter apologetically that I suppose she looks more like a kid. |
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| I just assumed that as you had MS you'd be in a wheelchair,' he explained, apologetically. |
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| The halted drivers are polite when the officials pat them down, search their cars, examine their papers, and apologetically send them on their way. |
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| It was, he said apologetically, one of 22 evictions he had to carry out that day. |
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| I smiled apologetically at the mailman and took the mail from him. |
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| The lovely young woman apologetically bared her teeth, not quite smiling. |
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| Buffy the squirrel blinks apologetically and nervously twists the hazelnut in his hands. |
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| Diffidently, almost apologetically, he revealed that he has turned out for Cambridge University, a team good enough to play matches against county sides. |
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| One girl described herself, apologetically, as a poor girl. |
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| Then again, almost apologetically, he was saying that he was wrong, the system cannot be made to work, and he cannot be a real advocate to protect the rights of an individual faced with this procedure. |
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| Tentatively and apologetically he addresses us. |
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