Sentence examples for our deep regret from inspiring English sources

The rest of us, to our deep regret, stopped believin' long ago.

"We express our deep regret for the deviation from peaceful protests," the governor, Hamoud al-Soufi, said.

"To our deep regret, that appeal went unheard, and we were shocked and saddened when we heard the news.

"Shell attempted to persuade that government to grant clemency; to our deep regret, that appeal — and the appeals of many others — went unheard," Shell said in its statement.

"We wish to express our deep regret for this incident to the families that have lost loved ones and express our sincerest condolences," said Lt. Col. George Krivo.

Dougan, the first US boss of a Swiss bank, said: "To our deep regret, it is also clear that some Swiss-based bankers at Credit Suisse appear to have helped their US clients hide income and assets in the past.

We want to express our deep regrets to his wife Barbara, sons Ira, Howie, Alan and his grandchildren.

Additionally, I am committed to ensuring we do the right thing for the families of those harmed and we will meet with them personally to offer a condolence payment and express our deep regrets".

As for the company's delay in moving beyond its previous expressions of regret for marketing the drug to a direct apology to the victims, he said that in recent discussions with victims and their families, "we learned how much it is publicly desired that we express our deep regrets to those affected by thalidomide".

This is in no way intended as an insult, but could understandably be so construed, in which case we would express our deep regrets, while possibly not using such specific phrases as "an illiterate scrawl" if we had it to do over.

The Steve Madden family mourns the passing of Jildor's dynamic leader, Jack Bienenfeld, and send our deepest regret to those he left behind.