Sentence examples for earnest regret from inspiring English sources

Henry Bech, Updike's alter ego in "The Bulgarian Poetess," remarks to an enchanting woman fettered by Communism -- the closest this collection comes to a tyrannical age -- "It is a matter of earnest regret for me that you and I must live on opposite sides of the world".

Maybe because the battle was already lost, his speech had a tone of exasperated regret, tinged with earnest bewilderment.

The quasi-absurdist conceit fails to prepare us for the earnest drama about loss and regret that he seems more interested in writing.

Not long after Henman had bowed to another third-rate royal, made his excuses and left for Hertfordshire, the familiar inquisition and expressions of regret began in earnest.

To no one head of state, I'll borrow from Bogart, because if there is no earnest and actionable change, there will certainly be regret, "'Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.'".

Over a gentle fog of sitar, synthesisers and strings (including viola courtesy of his dad, David Campbell, Beckk's earnest, maudlin delivery sees him tread softly between self-centeredness and doleful regret.

What he regrets most over his hosting years, he said, is the show's "preachy moments, its earnest moments".

Being earnest.