Sentence examples for regretful at from inspiring English sources

Ms. Cortes said she felt stranded and regretful at not having a high-school degree.

He was always a bit regretful at leaving the city, so he is thrilled to be back.

Except they aren't; reviews of such boy-tosh may be predominantly negative, but the tone is not so much derisive as regretful at opportunities wasted.

Professor Monica Grady, who worked on a shoebox-sized instrument on Philae called Ptolemy that analyses gas and dust, said it was getting too cold on the comet for Philae to "chirrup" and was regretful at its apparent demise, although she was not yet ready to lose all hope.

When we turned onto the dusty dirt road, I couldn't help feeling somewhat regretful as I looked at the new high-heeled shoes with thin straps that Fangfang had on.

As the dealer, the other lead role, Jamar Roberts is as fascinating a creation, a ruthless man who for a moment seems almost regretful as he stares boldly out at the audience.

At times, Martelly seems as regretful as anyone else.

My only regretful thought at the time was that this was all happening too early in the afternoon for the schoolchildren to enjoy it.

We expect this from the Republicans -- after all, they promised to lame duck the Democratic president on the first day of his first term -- so their obstruction, while regretful, is at least understandable.

"I told Dom that hectic schedule was going to catch up with him," a regretful Rizzuto remarked at the time.

He was regretful and bitter at having sold his Egon Ronay Guides; felt he had lost his name.