Sentence examples for gesture of regret from inspiring English sources
But he didn't mention the abuse scandal, as he hasn't yet, at least not overtly; that omission was far more of a distraction from his other message, and the real good the Church might do in the world, than any gesture of regret would have been.
Aline's intonation, especially of the word "de-so-lée," and of her accompanying gesture of regret and apology — fingers of both hands joined under her chin — was a marvellous bit of mimicry; I could see what his "scabrous little scene" on the sofa might have been like.
Victims' relatives also do not recognise it as a gesture of genuine regret – but as a political motion pushed through in order to facilitate joining the EU.
There is no evidence that the Queen's gestures of goodwill towards Ireland and expressions of regret about aspects of the past, changed the minds of republican hardliners.
His expression of regret is nothing more than an empty gesture intended to enable his and his government's continued racist governance," Joint List spokesperson Emilie Moatti said.
Mr. Obama's expression of regret for that caused his aides to caution against a similar gesture to Pakistan, amid fears that the president's rivals could label him as "apologizer-in-chief".
I refused to shake their hands; a gesture I regret.
Of course, there were moments of regret.
