She let her voice dwindle down to an apologetic whisper.

"I haven't had enough time on my job with the maintenance department to be assigned down here," Nodon said, his voice little more than an apologetic whisper.

The wife in the bait-'n'-tackle shop had no bruises on her face but cowered like a dog and spoke in apologetic whispers.

Quinn mouthed a silent "sorry" at Grimm, followed by an apologetic whisper: "It's the lingering effects of the mandrake.