1.   In this situation, abject apologies in some respects remain complicit with the patronizing attitudes from which they attempt to disassociate themselves.

2.   The BBC issued an abject apology for insulting the Queen.

3.   He offered an abject apology.

4.   At the Marriott in Des Moines, a solemn Dole held court in his suite as aides trooped in to offer their abject apologies.

5.   Earlier, after exacting abject apologies from those responsible, Ito gave a reprieve to the courtroom camera.

6.   His abject apology stands out in the capital as lawmakers return to work amid rounds of back-slapping, fresh resolve and constituent visits.

7.   His abject apology for years of war and avowed determination to re-invent himself as a democrat seemed dubious but also tantalizing.

8.   Later, when she runs into him and he offers an abject apology, she melts.

9.   Mainline churches have issued abject apologies.

10.   McCain said he wrote a letter of abject apology to the president.