Sentence examples for The regrettable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.
- His painting his name of my car was more than regrettable, it was criminal.
The regrettable truth is that Baby's a dull boy.
The regrettable truth is that the government's rhetoric needs a rethink.
The regrettable legacy was a tacit downgrading of the gravity of passing information for reward.
"The regrettable thing is that we can't detect her statesmanship," a political columnist in Yomiuri Shimbun wrote recently.
The regrettable fact is that the policies implemented by Mr Obama are materially indistinguishable from those of George Bush at the end of his second term.
The regrettable answer is that IS is acting with more clarity and determination than the governments they are up against.
Judge Robin Johnson criticised the "regrettable" intervention.
A stroll helps to burn off the regrettable calories.
But it has the regrettable drawback of being staggeringly tedious.
That may be the regrettable result of quiet competence not being highly valued at Westminster.
When the Muslims crucify infidels, this is one of the "regrettable aspects of nation-building".
