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

While West Ham are celebrating their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Ouattara will be regretting his costly decision to try a Panenka in Monday night's tense penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 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

But anyone who panicked last April and sold stocks, rushing into safer havens, likely spent the latter half of 2025 regretting their decision.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

Between that and the afternoon she’d wasted paying rent to Ashmodai, there had been no time to hunt, and now she was deeply regretting not draining Boaz dry when she had the chance.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny