Sentence examples for be a regrettable from inspiring English sources

If, in retrospect, "My Motherland" might seem to be a regrettable choice for a state dinner, it clearly was unintentional.

Lufthansa said it was looking into what appeared to be a "regrettable isolated case" but did not give any details.

The search for profit, they argue, may be a regrettable necessity in the modern world, a sad fact of life if there is to be any private enterprise.

"Not only would a strike be a regrettable course of action for the U.A.W. to follow, it is an entirely unnecessary one".

There are those who might suggest that being banned from performing will prompt Banks into a period of career-salvaging online abstinence, but, at this stage, that would be a regrettable misstep.

While there seems to be a regrettable trend for galleries to court public curiosity by emulating the prurient competitiveness of TV talent shows, at least this exhibition provides an opportunity to sample Marten's work.

That's a regrettable situation".

"This was a regrettable incident.

That's a regrettable motive.

The snowstorm was a regrettable incident.

It appears this was a regrettable error".