"genuine regret" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to express deep remorse or sorrow. For example, "She expressed her genuine regret for her mistake."
This is a matter of genuine regret".
"I'm so sorry, such bad timing," she says, with genuine regret.
Rather, it clinches the slow unraveling of a party whose passing is met with genuine regret.
"I would like to meet Michael Williams and see if there's genuine regret about what happened.
There was, I discovered to my genuine regret, nothing nice I could say about it.
In Israel, news of Palestinian children killed brings only genuine regret that a mission went wrong.
The nostalgia ranges from the tongue in cheek — a "Save the Diablo Rojo" YouTube video purports to mourn the end of tourists' losing their wallets, among other things, on them — to genuine regrets.
Over the years the presence of such outstanding fillies as the ill-fated Eight Belles and the famous Derby winners Regret, Genuine Risk and Winning Colors produced a broader fan interest and better female participation at the betting windows.
Not the polite laughter that accompanies a well-crafted comedy script, but the sound of genuine happiness; also regret, anger, wonder, bursting from the radio with the unexpected exuberance of a child dancing at a chamber concert.
"In case you thought for a split second Trump was genuine about feeling regret, he is back to demonizing immigrants again in his new ad today," said Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon.
After the splintery and darkly thrilling energy of the scherzo, which explodes into climaxes that are, in a way, even more shattering than those of the first movement since they seem so empty and random, the slow movement voices a genuine and intimate regret.
