Sentence examples for Somewhat regrettable from inspiring English sources

This approach is somewhat regrettable.

"For us it is somewhat regrettable," a top State Department official, William Fitzgerald, told French radio in January.

By comparison, Nasser Hussain's decision to put Australia in seems eminently sensible, Tony Greig's promise to make the West Indians grovel somewhat regrettable.

Six years later, Jackson found himself on the bag of South African great Gary Player, in somewhat regrettable circumstances.

This format is somewhat regrettable because on the one hand the book is clearly too large to be stored in the pocket but on the other hand it is not exhaustive either.

"That makes it somewhat more regrettable there hasn't been an expedited way of processing applications in the USCIS because we could become a more powerful voting bloc in these particular states," Chacon said.

This somewhat hysterical response is regrettable.

As Xan Brooks wrote last week, this is both regrettable and somewhat understandable; Synecdoche, New York is sprawling, dense, uningratiating and more or less unfathomable, but it's also funny, moving, surprising, rewarding and unlike anything else out there.

Later on Monday, Everton said in a statement: "In response to regrettable and somewhat premature reports earlier this evening, Everton are continuing discussions with regards to the vacant managerial position.

Author response: The notion of the partitioning of archaeal genes into two classes with distinct evolutionary provenances seems to be somewhat misguided (this is, of course, very regrettable because it comes from a well-known and, in many ways, still relevant paper of which one of us is the first author: Koonin et al. Mol Microbiol. 1997 Aug 25 4 619 377).

The video below (around 54m mark) is hardly conclusive, despite the somewhat partisan San Jose commentary, but it does seem to demonstrate some behavior that politicians like to describe as "regrettable".. Johnson may face disciplinary action - what's clear though is that Seattle have snarled their way through an unhappy June that has seen them drop several points in league play.