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The phrase "a note of regret" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing feelings of sorrow or disappointment about a situation or decision.
Example: "In his letter, he included a note of regret for not being able to attend the event."
Alternatives: "an expression of regret" or "a sentiment of remorse."
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But there is still a note of regret.
There may also be a note of regret.
But there is still a note of regret.
"We are," my friend said with a note of regret, "a ways off from that".
So why is there a note of regret in Grasar's otherwise warm, upbeat voice?
But, amid all the acclaim, there is a note of regret.
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But he refused any note of regret.
Yet there was no triumphalism in this; there was, rather, a note of sombre regret.
Ayesha Dharker, in her Shakespeare Solo, adopts a note of poignant regret and infinite sadness: she turns the speech into a moving lament for mankind's fate.
One feels a note of personal regret and disappointment in Christopher's copious notes to "The Fall of Arthur" that is not always present in his editorship of many other incomplete Tolkien works.
The nation has finally heard a note of personal regret from William Calley 38 years after he became the sole American soldier convicted in the My Lai massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians.
More suggestions(16)
a note of forgiveness
a note of criticism
a note of pity
a note of disapproval
a note of disappointment
a note of annoyance
a note of contrition
a statement of regret
a note of repentance
a note of frustration
a note of spite
a note of displeasure
a cause of regret
a source of regret
a bit of regret
a note of sorrow
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