Sentence examples for regrettable state from inspiring English sources

I'd been using semi-permanent gels on and off for years, but had never found a system that didn't ultimately leave my nails in a regrettable state.

The national debate you rightly urge must include the role of diplomacy -- including the regrettable state of affairs where financing for foreign affairs has been cut by 30percentt in real terms since the mid-1980's, to the point where today only one penny of every dollar in the federal budget goes to the crucial, preventive role diplomacy can play before the use of force becomes relevant.

The solution to this regrettable state of affairs, said Stanton, was a relatively simple one: push women and their superior morals into the public world.

This neglect of sounds is at times a regrettable state of affairs, as sounds are not only an important element of the perceptual scene but are also philosophically idiosyncratic in many intriguing ways; in particular, their temporal and spatial unfolding, as presented in perception, has interesting metaphysical and epistemological aspects.

(A regrettable state of affairs, to some).

It's a regrettable state of affairs, since marine life has long suffered at the hands of the energy industry and Putin's gambit only stands to exacerbate long-standing contamination.

Moreover, he removed the trial of guerrilla Lalo Sardiñas, which Chicago film critic Ben Kenigsberg found "regrettable", stating that it was "not only one of the film's most haunting scenes but a key hint at the darker side of Che's ideology".

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad called the move against the consul, Riyad al-Ani, "regrettable," Iraqi state television reported.

"Obviously, this is regrettable news for state and local taxpayers and is another reason why it is so critical that the state has policies that restore economic growth and create more jobs," Kevin C. Quinn, a spokesman for the state Division of the Budget, said today.

The Red Cross's standing commentary on the provision calls it "an important and regrettable concession to State expediency".

"It is regrettable that some states have decided to sue for environmental claims now".