Sentence examples for while regrettable from inspiring English sources

In his plurality opinion last week, Chief Justice Roberts called Louisiana's first attempt at executing Francis an "isolated mishap" that "while regrettable, does not suggest cruelty".

For failure, the personal cost -- while regrettable -- is manageable.

Mr. Kostunica has begun saying that Montenegro's independence, while regrettable, may be inevitable.

Cue a great deal of hand-wringing and a weary sense that perhaps violence against women, while regrettable, is inevitable.

All you would have risked is your table; losing it, while regrettable, would have been only fair.

Roske also maintains that each of the four fatal police shootings in Pasco since July, while regrettable, "are so uniquely different" it's impossible to call them a trend.

Hacking into the tax system, while deeply regrettable, is proportionate and justified.

It is predictable and, while perhaps regrettable, it is to be expected in this utterly "free market" environment.

While it is regrettable that innocent employees lost their jobs, you underestimate the power of corporate elites in protecting their own.

So while it is regrettable that LeBrock's casebook must close, Talbot shows no signs of becoming set in his ways.

China, the North's only major ally and aid provider, described the possible nuclear restart as "regrettable", while Japan said it was a cause for "grave concern".