Sentence examples for to regretfully from inspiring English sources
"to regretfully" is a correct and usable English phrase
It is used to show that something is done with sadness, reluctance, or shame. For example: Although no one wanted to take such drastic measures, the decision was made to regretfully close the school.
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In a regretful manner, with regret.
The announcement was made by the show's publicists, who said only that Mr. Strathairn "had to regretfully leave the production prior to rehearsals beginning".
Banty offered the polite solution for those in Ali's position: Ali calls to regretfully say she cannot come, and states the reason that her baby-sitter reneged on her.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — James Comey, the F.B.I. director, held a press conference on Sunday to "regretfully announce" that Hillary Clinton had committed no crimes related to her e-mails while Secretary of State.
Someone has to, regretfully so".
The translation service for the House of Congress have had to regretfully announce some corrections to news reports of the House Oversight and Government reform committee.
Soon, the falsehood will be presumed true and the truth false, leading us to regretfully conclude that the only way BankAtlantic can clear its name from this irresponsible defamation and that is what it is is in the courthouse".
Her mother writes to decline, regretfully, a visit to her daughter because her rare pink cactus is about to flower – "Now, I am already a very old woman, and if I went away … I am certain I shouldn't see it flower again".
The teary wonder at nature and humanity that comes from watching anthropomorphised lamps fall in love and causes one to skip from the cinema, leaping over a puddle of yeah-that-was-definitely-vomit, to shrug regretfully at the guy who failed to nick your wallet outside Wasabi, and to fall asleep with a magical sigh, and to dream.
Lake, who is now head of the UN Children's Fund, Unicef, said last week: "While holding the position of executive director of Unicef, whose humanitarian mission depends on its non-political character, I have had to decline, often regretfully, to speak publicly about events in my previous career as a government official.
But he went on to say, regretfully, that he had also instructed his staff to use the Capitol police, if necessary, to remove the Democrats.
Yet clearly it is not enough to intone regretfully that it has always been thus and always will be, to declare that whatever the Bible says, the rich get richer and the meek inherit the mess.
