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

Donath interviewed 23 mothers, each of whom emphasised the difference between their feelings of regretting motherhood and how they felt towards their children.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

“Ah. Wow. Sorry to hear that, man,” he said, now regretting the joke he had made.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds