regretting

Example Sentences

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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Donath interviewed 23 mothers, each of whom emphasised the difference between their feelings of regretting motherhood and how they felt towards their children.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"I will not go home regretting not trying, I will do everything in my power to be in that starting gate."

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Wall Street has bet repeatedly that Argentina would break its cycle of fiscal crises, only to end up regretting it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

You could tell that Mr. Birkway was regretting that he had ever started this business with the journals, but all around the room people were shouting, “Yes, finish!” and so he reluctantly continued.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech