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

My mother kept looking over at him, worried he was already regretting marrying me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

I received many emails like yours during the market correction in April — people wanting to move 100% to bonds or gold — and they might be regretting that decision now.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 12, 2025

One of the movies he had sneak-watched once was a movie about killer birds, and now he was regretting ever checking it out.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds