Sentence examples for regrettable turn from inspiring English sources

Last summer, in a regrettable turn, the town passed an ordinance forbidding anyone from looking for work on public property.

"It is in response to the bloody events and the very regrettable turn the development of democracy has taken" in Egypt, he added.

In a regrettable turn for environmental protection, the court chose to allow the owner of 20 acres of Rhode Island waterfront property to bring a lawsuit challenging development restrictions even though the restrictions were already in place when he bought the property.

Then we brought in the Maysles, who, at a regrettable turning point, took over the project; but my original footage — by far the most fabulous — remains to be seen.

It can't be said too often that there are too many people in US prisons, that half of them are black or ethnic minority and that the country has taken a regrettable wrong turn on penal policy.

"Rape isn't some regrettable act.

Jessica Chastain's starring performance in the fall revival of "The Heiress" helped that show to achieve reasonable returns at the box office – it recouped its investment before closing — but her dismayingly nuance-free performance as the oppressed Catherine Sloper ranks as one of the most regrettable star turns I've seen on Broadway in years.

Finally, we need to distinguish secularism from atheism because some atheists, of late, have taken a regrettable anti-secular turn.

Praying the passion doesn't turn to regrettable rage.

Standing outside a Starbucks in Fort Morgan, Colo., and sharing a chocolate iced coffee, Chuck and Roxie Dunning said they thought the media and Mr. Bush's Democratic opponents were turning one regrettable incident into an election-year weapon.

It is a regrettable aesthetic decision and turns Mr Miller's rather subtle and persuasive argument into something akin to propaganda.In this section The significations of his words World without end Looking ahead Infinite struggle Same as it ever was ReprintsSuch propaganda is not only distasteful, it is also unnecessary.