Sentence examples for regretted for from inspiring English sources

"regretted for" is not a correct or commonly used phrase in written English.
A more common way to express regret in a sentence would be to use the verb "regret" followed by the object of the regret. For example: - He regretted his decision to leave the company. - She deeply regretted hurting his feelings. - We regretted not being able to attend the wedding. Using "regretted for" is not grammatically incorrect, but it sounds awkward and is not a common or natural way to express regret. It would be better to rephrase the sentence. Example: She was regretful for not being able to attend the wedding.

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Missing it may well be regretted for generations to come.

One of the things I regretted for a long time was that he died before he could see that he would be proud of me.

JULIAN ROBINSON, NORTH YORKSHIRE I discovered i by chance about four years ago and immediately cancelled my subscription to The Times, a decision I have not regretted for a moment since.

Links golf had confounded him, so much so he picked up his ball on the 11th hole of the third round of the British Open at St. Andrews — something Jones regretted for the rest of his life.

This is to be regretted, for it not only results in an overemphasis that destroys intellectual balance but it also has relegated to the background some of the more exciting aesthetic accomplishments of the Native American.

In 1964, Michael Apted, a young researcher at Britain's Granada Television, helped assemble a group of seven-year-old children (ten boys and four girls, an imbalance that he subsequently regretted) for a single half-hour program.

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So plaudits are deserved for the Netherlands, mooted regrets for Brazil.

It was a move the Chiefs would regret for years.

But it seems Pretty Woman holds nothing but regrets for its leading man, Richard Gere.

The authors regret for several misprints in the published paper.

That's something I'll regret for a long time".

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