Hatch was satisfied with Clinton's contriteness, but it was the Starr part that got him blustering like a blunderbuss.
Former enemy peoples gave no thought to the occasion, made no beau geste to the memory of the millions they killed and maimed, showed no contriteness for the anguish and .
On both programs, he fended off his inquisitors with elliptical candor, contriteness and stock answers that sometimes strained credibility.
Ezra Levant in National Post Contriteness implies that you've done something wrong for which you need to apologize or atone,Ezra Levant said moments before his 90-minute meeting with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission in Calgary.
Frank Hsieh in Taipei Times When I was premier, I could hardly sleep, let alone laugh and joke as if nothing was going on. If a person has no sense of responsibility, contriteness or empathy, he should not be in that position,Hsieh said.