His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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Yet to jump-start his career, Jones turned to Kyle Shanahan, the guy who ultimately rejected the idea of taking Jones in the first round and instead, along with general manager John Lynch, made the regrettable decision to trade up to select Trey Lance.—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 June 2025 Trump’s corruption of conservatism, evangelicalism, the law, the Constitution, and democracy has also had the regrettable effect of turning MAGA’s mouthpieces, including sitting lawmakers, into absolutely reprehensible ghouls.—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025 That the internecine fight went public was regrettable: spectators crowed for these race and gender studies nerds to go at each other, with the book taking arguably the greatest damage.—Erin Khuê Ninh
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025 Given his age, Granlund’s next deal has all the makings of a regrettable one.—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for regrettable
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