How to use regret in a sentence

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More sentences with regret

• Not a day passes when I don't regret not having enrolled in medicine.From the entry not
• I regret that it should have happened, but I was really shocked that he should say that.From the entry should
• Refusing to apologise, I stormed out the room. I'm regretting doing such a stupid thing already.From the entry -ing
• He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.From the entry ounce
• He regretted focusing on his career to the exclusion of his family.From the entry career
• The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.From the entry wassail
• When he has time to think over what he did, he will regret it.From the entry think over
• In the end, he regretted only the words left unspoken and the dreams left undreamt.From the entry undreamt
• If you walk away from this offer you will live to regret it.From the entry walk away from
• Regrets, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.From the entry a few
• She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him.From the entry vouchsafe
• Do you mean to say you regret it after all?From the entry mean
• I soon regretted drinking three Smirnoffs on an empty stomach.From the entry Smirnoff
• Maybe they saw a purple monster or ate a purple popsicle that tasted like regret.2023 June 28, Jeff Kori, “Porphyrophobia: Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment”, in Health Spot. From the entry porphyrophobic
• After she hangs up, Ava feels dizzy with instantaneous regret and exhiliration.2021, Hala Alyan, “Park Slope Wives”, in The Arsonists’ City: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, part I, page 20. From the entry takesy-backsy
• Then in a cautious drone, she looked away and began to share her heart-spent regrets.2014, Catherine Kaufman, Beloved Healer, →ISBN. From the entry heart-spent
• Just go.” “Yep, I am going to regret teaching him that one.”2013 October 8, Gil Ozeri, “M.E. Time” (12:09 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy…. From the entry bup-bup-bup
• Lübeck is a popular daytrip from Hamburg, but few would regret staying longer.2012, Henk Bekker, Germany Pocket Adventures, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry daytrip
• President Clinton's campaign of contrition began in his ill-received Aug. 17 expression of regret.2012, William Safire, “On Language; Stop Me Before I Apologize Again”, in New York Times. From the entry ill-received
• Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?2010, Christopher Nolan, Inception (motion picture), spoken by Saito (Ken Watanabe). From the entry leap of faith
• He predicted that by the time their senior prom rolled around, she would regret letting him go.2008, Maureen Smith, No One But You, New York, NY: Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry YGTBKM
• So South led a trump to the king next — and regretted it in an ohnosecond.14 April 2006, Frank Stewart, “Bridge”, in Bangor Daily News. From the entry ohnosecond
• Roosevelt never fully recovered his health, but he refused any regret.2006 June 25, Candice Millard, “The River of Doubt”, in TIME, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2007. From the entry pay the piper
• But our regret is overbalanced by satisfaction at the greater space his going gives us.2005, Marshal South, Diana Lindsay, Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles, page 78. From the entry weatherer
• Every time I read your letters I regret not beïng part of your club.2004 March 7, Anna, “Re:From Obsession to Freedom”, in alt.news.bruderhof (Usenet), message-ID <c2f9v2$qei$0@pita.alt.net>. From the entry beïng
• I can't say I regret it, exactly, but it wasn't worth the bother.2001 April 16, ej, “Forgot what the thread was called”, in alt.support.dissociation (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022. From the entry s*x
• I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper.2000, Bill Bryson, chapter 1, in In a Sunburned Country, page 11. From the entry fetching
• I don't regret joining as a scopie even though I wanted to be a Telecomms techie!1999 March 1, Gordon Clark (author), “Re:Leaving the RAF”, in uk.people.ex-forces (Usenet). From the entry scopie
• Ghannouchi, and expresses its regret for what the news item has caused him.1997, Tunisia Insight, page 9. From the entry outcourt
• Some regretted not inviting their parents to the gathering to share the experience.1983 August 20, Aliza Maggid, Aryeh Engel, “Being Gay, Being Jewish, Being Family”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 15. From the entry supportiveness
• We regret that the gentleman diversed so widely from the subject before the committee.1960 April 13, Clarence Cannon, “Witness: Hon. Toby Morris, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oklahoma”, in Public Works…. From the entry diverse
• It had a dying sweetness, a funereal majesty, a winterward regret.1939, Rupert Hughes, Stately Timber, page 162. From the entry winterward
• To the regret of the assembled virguncules he broke in upon her.1930, Christopher Morley, Rudolph and Amina, page 78. From the entry virguncule

Meaning of regret

1. verb To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
2. verb To feel sorry about (any thing).
3. verb To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.

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Questions about regret in a sentence

How do you use regret in a sentence?

Regret is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He regretted his words.”

What is a short sentence with regret?

“He regretted his words.”

What does regret mean?

Regret means to feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.