Sentence examples for be regretted from inspiring English sources

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be regretted

noun

Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.

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Not unfortunate, not "to be regretted".

That prospect ought to be regretted.

It's to be regretted — certainly by me — but so what?

Missing it may well be regretted for generations to come.

He said the verdict was "very much to be regretted".

There is everything to be regretted about it.

It is to be regretted that a more scientific method of preserving them was not adopted.

"The loss of Ruth is greatly to be regretted," he said.

It is to be regretted that his talents did not successfully expand to the cinema screen.

It is true – and much to be regretted – that Christians have not always been convincing humanists.

Anything which stands in the way of access to information at Westminster is to be regretted.

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