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Discover LudwigThe phrase "regretted by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to express that someone feels remorse or sorrow for something. It is commonly used in passive voice constructions, where the subject is the person experiencing regret and the object is the thing that is causing the regret. Example: The decision to sell the company was regretted by the board of directors, who later realized it was a mistake.
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Deeply regretted by all her family and friends.
The word African was left out, for instance, a decision Murray regretted by the time he got to American.
Of all the shots fired that night, it was the second one that was most remembered — and regretted — by the men and officers of the Seventh.
She defeated the miners but gave little thought to reviving the wrecked communities left behind, thoughtlessness recently regretted by her otherwise great admirer Norman Tebbit.
Her going was sincerely regretted by her colleagues, but it led to no deeper soul-searching within the party or government.
The outcome may be bitterly regretted by some, but the institution deserves more credit than contempt for the way the choice was made.
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Finley's friends Rachael Warner, 32, a painter, and Katherine Fisher, 30, a dancer and choreographer, agreed to do the papering with her, a commitment they were regretting by dusk.
Many people have made mistakes that I hope they regret by now.
Music like "Regret" by Letoya Luckett or "American Boy" by Estelle or "Golden" by Jill Scott, or even "Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae.
Major trial outcomes are unprotected sexual intercourse and regretted intercourse by age 16 and cumulative incidence of abortion by ages 19 20.
It's to be regretted — certainly by me — but so what?
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