| If I have caused any embarrassment or distress to the parties concerned I unreservedly, sincerely and contritely apologise. |
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| But as the firms began contritely co-operating with officials on settlements of the charges, investors responded rapidly. |
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| The lad's nationality had nothing to do with anything, a fact contritely conceded later by the person who made the first remark. |
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| There is usually a period of outright lying, followed by Harry contritely admitting that he has hit, kicked, pushed or thrown something at William. |
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| A man should pray with eyes fast-closed and head contritely bowed. |
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| Around midnight the wife pounded on the door and when the husband opened it she said contritely that she seemed to have lost her house key. |
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| You have fully and contritely admitted the problem, which is more than Lance could manage. |
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| So what if he told lies brazenly to the public, provided that he told the truth contritely to Parliament? Has not the whole fuss been blown out of proportion by Labour's political enemies? This argument is risible. |
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| Let's start by making one point perfectly clear: the point of this editorial is not to offer pity to Saddam Hussein or, as too many good European souls have been doing, to contritely rant that the death penalty is monstrous. |
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