regretful

Example Sentences

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It’s an idiosyncratic decision, no doubt also affected by the galleries’ footprint, but a regretful one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

I was, to be clear, an active if uneasy and now regretful participant in all of this.

From Slate • May 12, 2025

While these could be the regretful words of any American voter in the aftermath of November’s election, they originate from a more bewildering source, if you can believe it.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

Whereas Marian remains a soldier who won’t admit the war is over, Dolours, who would marry actor Stephen Rea, becomes more thoughtful and regretful with time, and suffers for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

She looks more regretful than relieved, her eyes lingering over the small round table between them, the veins in the marble bluish, like those in cheese.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri