Sentence examples similar to this regrettable development from inspiring English sources

In another regrettable development, I am no longer thirteen, and apparently won't be again.

The wizardry of financial institutions to bundle mortgages and sell them to investors now is seen by many as a regrettable development.

"We need to start doing some grass-roots intervention with respect to the problem and not greet it every year with 'It's a regrettable development' kind of an attitude," he said.

The Egyptian interior ministry issued a statement saying it "fully appreciated" the emotions surrounding "regrettable developments" in the region, but would not permit unauthorised protests.

Jordan's King Abdullah II appealed to his countrymen late Friday to express their anguish for the Iraqi people in a "civilized way". The Egyptian Interior Ministry, in an unusually conciliatory move, said it appreciated the emotions surrounding "regrettable developments" in the region and said it would allow demonstrations -- if the protesters had official permission.

The press, whose freedom is crucial, is more symptom than outright cause of this regrettable phenomenon.

And, without being able to say exactly why, I find this regrettable.

"Jeremy Clarkson has set out the background to this regrettable episode.

"When I saw this regrettable video it made me so sad.

This regrettable strategy resulted in national savings being converted into nonperforming loans.

We gave ourselves a Federal Reserve in 1913 to put an end to this regrettable pattern.