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

Orna Donath's study also finds that for some, regretting motherhood is a feeling that never goes away.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The upshot: People can sometimes end up regretting sharing their stories.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

He was desperately hoping Florida had made it to shore, and he was regretting that neither he nor Florida had been wearing their life jackets.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech