regretting

Example Sentences

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"I think they're regretting not making it happen now."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

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

Arsenal may have left Nottingham Forest on Saturday night regretting a missed opportunity.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

In the long term, though, you may end up regretting the purchase.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 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