regretful
Example Sentences
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My sole interaction with the mother was calm and with good intentions, and the outcome of the encounter is regretful.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Remember, Chip, she was the only one from the witnesses list who seemed kind of, I don’t know, regretful about hanging up on us. Is regretful a word?”
From Literature
In his letter to Labour's general secretary, Lord Mandelson said: "I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this."
From BBC
It’s an idiosyncratic decision, no doubt also affected by the galleries’ footprint, but a regretful one.
The other night, I bumped into a fellow parent at an ice cream shop and when I asked how he was, he said, with a regretful smile, “depends on the day.”
From Los Angeles Times
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