regretful

Example Sentences

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I do, however, think it’s worth considering that “The Drama” could be read as a regretful analysis of one’s worst mistakes.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s an idiosyncratic decision, no doubt also affected by the galleries’ footprint, but a regretful one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

I was, to be clear, an active if uneasy and now regretful participant in all of this.

From Slate • May 12, 2025

Whereas Marian remains a soldier who won’t admit the war is over, Dolours, who would marry actor Stephen Rea, becomes more thoughtful and regretful with time, and suffers for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

I continued also the wish to be with you, and experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing us.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë