Sentence examples for common regret from inspiring English sources

The most common regret of all?

"This was the most common regret of all.

The most common regret involved romance, with nearly one in five respondents telling a story of a missed love connection.

We all have regrets, but new research suggests the most common regret among American adults involves a lost romantic opportunity.

Abandonment by the oncologist at the end of life seems a common regret – but I dare say it pales in comparison to the blatant dereliction of duty by alternative practitioners when cancer patients fall really ill.

Doughty writes with consummate pacing and psychological acuity, bringing fresh force to a common regret of adulterous lovers: "We discovered that safety and security are commodities you can sell in return for excitement, but you can never buy them back".

A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives.

Dr. Wilcox also said she was disinclined to believe that Mr. Williams had committed suicide, a theory encouraged by a newspaper clipping found in his flat that canvassed the most common regrets that people have on their deathbeds.

And we had common regrets: we regretted the glaring absence of a pipe organ at Avery Fisher Hall, and we regretted being unable, for practical reasons, to unleash on the New York public our common passion for the music of Carl Orff, in particular his chanted quasi-operatic drama "Antigone".

Here are some of the most common regrets as chronicled by Quora users (answers have been edited for clarity):  "I regret that I never fell in love with someone who was in love with me, when that would have been easy for me to do.

A palliative nurse recorded the most common regrets of the dying and put her findings into a book called "The Top Five Regrets of The Dying".