"I insist that you make an exact statement upon this sorry affair."

It is a sorry affair, but then the most extreme examples do not compare to a mugging.

He did not think it right for him to butt into the sorry affair at Veronica's house.

I could have tried to explain but didn't feel like going through the whole sorry affair again.

It had been the worst mistake of the whole sorry affair.

As I understand this sorry affair, you became angry at the treatment accorded your father.

There's nothing I'd like better than to draw a line under this whole sorry affair.

Lloyd managed a smile, but it was a sorry affair.

The largest, most silent, voice in this whole sorry affair, are the children themselves.

There might even be time for us to get together so that I can explain this whole sorry affair.