regretfulness
Example Sentences
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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
His thoughts would, at times, travel backward, and that in spite of himself, and they would land him with a lingering, though unacknowledged, regretfulness, on the deck of the Persian.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
Esther listened silently, with perfect faith in the speaker and his statements, with a little undefined sort of regretfulness.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
But she pleaded for one more dance, and then one more, and finally with much seeming regretfulness allowed her uncle to slip on her cloak for her.
From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory
Former days started up before her in a rapid vision, each bringing with it regretfulness for unkind words, deferred caresses, rough treatment even.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
