sorry for your loss vs sorry about your loss

Both 'sorry for your loss' and 'sorry about your loss' are correct and commonly used phrases to express condolences. They are interchangeable and convey the same sentiment of sympathy towards someone who has experienced a loss.

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sorry for your loss

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express condolences for someone's loss.

This phrase is used to express sympathy and offer condolences to someone who has experienced a loss, such as the death of a loved one.

Examples:

I'm so sorry for your loss.
Please accept my deepest condolences for your loss.
Sorry for your loss, my thoughts are with you.
We are deeply sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss, may you find comfort in this difficult time.

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I'm sorry for your loss.
Really sorry for your loss, Mrs. O'Connell.
We are of course dearly sorry for your loss.
We're sorry for your loss, Ms. Gilbert.
We're all very sorry for your loss.
We're both very sorry for your loss.
Ms. Gomez, we're very sorry for your loss and we will do our best to figure out what happened here.
Again, very sorry for your loss.
We're very sorry for your loss.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
We're sorry for your loss, Mr Cotton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow, sorry for your loss.
All of us at Wayne Enterprises are so sorry for your loss.
We're sorry for your loss.
I am sorry for your loss, but my staff is me.
I'm genuinely sorry for your loss.
I'm just sorry for your loss.
I'm really just so sorry for your loss.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
Very sorry for your loss, Emma.

Alternatives:

I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
My condolences for your loss.
I offer my sympathy for your loss.
Please accept my condolences for your loss.
My heart goes out to you for your loss.

sorry about your loss

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express condolences for someone's loss.

This phrase is also used to express sympathy and offer condolences to someone who has experienced a loss, such as the death of a loved one.

Examples:

I'm so sorry about your loss.
Please accept my deepest condolences about your loss.
Sorry about your loss, my thoughts are with you.
We are deeply sorry about your loss.
Sorry about your loss, may you find comfort in this difficult time.

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Sorry about your loss.
I just want to say I'm sorry about your loss.
I'm sorry about your loss, but we need your help now.
Mrs. kramer we're terribly sorry about your loss.
Sure am sorry about your loss.
I'm terribly sorry about your loss, dear.
We're very sorry about your loss.
I'm sorry about your loss, Mrs Skur.
I'm very, very sorry about your loss.
I wrote on the card, I'm so sorry about your loss.
Joshua, I'm deeply sorry about your loss, but I may have some information about the person that came after you.
I'm sorry about your loss.
Very sorry about your loss.
I'm sorry about your loss, both in the human and gastronomical sense.
I'm very sorry about your loss, Mrs. Vega.
Sorry about your loss.
ED: Sorry about your loss.
Sorry about your loss.
Sorry about your loss.
Doctor, I'm sorry about your loss, but we need your help now.

Alternatives:

I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
My condolences about your loss.
I offer my sympathy about your loss.
Please accept my condolences about your loss.
My heart goes out to you about your loss.

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sorry for your loss vs sorry about your loss