regretfulness
Example Sentences
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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
Yes, I think Herrick would have forgiven me for that momentary lapse into regretfulness over the white hawthorn.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
Former days started up before her in a rapid vision, each bringing with it regretfulness for unkind words, deferred caresses, rough treatment even.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
And when they had drunk the wine their sorrowful memories went from them, and they spoke to each other without regretfulness.
From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Pogany, Willy
His thoughts would, at times, travel backward, and that in spite of himself, and they would land him with a lingering, though unacknowledged, regretfulness, on the deck of the Persian.
From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram
