Sentence examples for instant regret from inspiring English sources

He ignored them, to his almost instant regret.

In brief downturns in the 1990s first Salomon Brothers, then Goldman Sachs and most recently Merrill Lynch all suffered instant regret about laying off staff not, you understand, over lives ruined, but because share prices rebounded, deals picked up and staff had hurriedly to be rehired at greater cost than before they were sacked.

You know that feeling of instant regret when you update your old iPhone or iPad to a new version of iOS.

Or as I like to call it, "instant regret".

Also, why the instant regret in the first place?

Their messy break up turned an attempted romantic gesture into an instant regret.

One had instant regrets about his decision.

First to go back may be the items bought during a moment's splurge that cause instant regrets: the platform pumps that leave the wearer painfully teetering, the jeans that fit like a sausage casing or that garishly patterned cocktail frock that turns one's skin a shade of puce.

My regret was instant.

Sweet Lou stopped short of regret and instant nostalgia, noting the new stadium "will be a wonderful, wonderful venue".

The cycle of impulsivity, instant gratification and then regret brought on by the clarity of a new day is part of the experience.