regret
Example Sentences
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Johnson, who was foreign secretary and prime minister during some of that period, admitted regret for not having taken more action.
From BBC
There had to be a lot of regret.
Boyd testified that he regretted some of the “disgusting” things he said in the recorded calls, which were made the week after the shooting.
“I don’t want to be anywhere else. The past contains regrets. The future remains unknown, so you have to live now,” Dane said.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s the regret that comes from underestimating the emotional component of selling,” Bernadette Joy, a financial educator and money coach, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch
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