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Meanings of apologetic air in English

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Usage of apologetic air in English
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When the job was done he stepped back with an apologetic air.
Lost in the Air
2
She turned with a piteous, half apologetic air to Edouard and Aubertin.
White Lies
3
Bland came up with an eager, apologetic air and stood beside him.
The Thunder Bird
4
But he sought me out a fortnight later, with an apologetic air.
Autobiography of a Yogi
5
Meanwhile, in the hospitality area an understated, almost apologetic air prevailed.
The Guardian
6
When he spoke it was with a curiously apologetic air.
The Sunny Side
7
As the chemist left, Brookings turned again to his visitor, with an apologetic air.
The Skylark of Space
8
He came up presently and sat down beside her, with an anxious, apologetic air.
Frances Waldeaux: A Novel
9
But early the next morning she appeared at my bedside, saying, with an apologetic air:
The Green Fairy Book
10
He greeted me with a slightly apologetic air when I put off to fetch him.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
11
Finally, Wollaston turned to her with an apologetic air.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
12
Then Festing got up with an apologetic air.
The Girl from Keller's
13
The coroner's officer, with an apologetic air, approached the coroner, and handed him up an envelope.
The Lodger
14
Then, with a half- apologetic air, he said:
Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
15
Edwin had the apologetic air of the provincial who is determined to be as good as anybody else.
Clayhanger
16
There was almost an apologetic air about the bill-boards proclaiming their nightly offering to be the 'biggest ever.'
The Parts Men Play
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United Kingdom
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