sorry

sorry
adj.
VERBS
be, feel, seem, sound
make sb

I'll make you sorry you were ever born!

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

Beth was feeling fairly sorry for them.

awfully, deeply, desperately, dreadfully, genuinely, sincerely, terribly, truly

I'm awfully sorry Jane can't come with us.

I'm terribly sorry. I didn't catch your name.

He was sincerely sorry for the distress he had caused.

almost

She was almost sorry to stop work.

a little, slightly, etc.

Mitch felt slightly sorry for himself.

PREPOSITION
about

I'm sorry about the noise.

I'm sorry about your mother. I hope she'll soon be better.

for

She is obviously deeply sorry for what she has done.

I feel really sorry for John.

PHRASES
be sorry to disappoint sb

I am sorry to disappoint you.

be sorry to hear about sth/that … 

We were incredibly sorry to hear about his death.

be sorry to interrupt (sb/sth)
better safe than sorry
Sorry is used with these nouns: ↑affair, ↑business, ↑excuse, ↑plight, ↑record, ↑saga, ↑sight, ↑spectacle, ↑state, ↑story, ↑tale

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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