Connor felt contrite, but only a little.

The page blinked, uncomfortable, and she felt immediately contrite.

Let him wonder about her mood, she thought, refusing to feel contrite.

He hoped that she would interpret his attitude as one of both sorrow and anger, and feel correspondingly contrite.

Matt felt instantly contrite; a friend did not deserve that of him.

Chellish, pretending to feel contrite, gave him to understand that he would be at his disposal.

She felt contrite for that, too, but had to be sure he really meant it before she could tell him what she'd done.

I cannot change myself; I cannot feel contrite.

Ten years on, I feel contrite about the incident.

His mobile features registered hurt, and she felt more contrite than was entirely reasonable.