Sentence examples for been regret from inspiring English sources
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.
Indeed, McClaren's only possible gripe would have been regret that some of his side's sharp midfield incision could have done with being replicated in the penalty area.
(Daily News: "ROT IN HELL!") Gilbert joked onstage that Bin Laden's last words had been regret that he couldn't have lived just one day longer, to see Luca Spaghetti's memoir published.
It was a wild, oscillating contest, in keeping with the story of an eccentric title race, and when the players left the pitch at the end to try to make sense of everything there must have been regret for both teams.
Houghton Mifflin has been regretting its decision ever since.
They've been regretting it ever since.
No, that was "regret," Ms. Stuveras explained.
Certainly, in lyrical terms, the overarching theme is regret.
One emotion Darren said he will not feel is regret.
As often as not the mood is regret.
He says there's regret about the Malaysia Solution too.
The prototypical counterfactual emotion is regret.
