Examples of regrettable in a Sentence
His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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Trading him for Josh Bell proved regrettable.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
But the courses fuse education with promotion, selling a picture of the world where defensive gun use is a regrettable but likely occurrence, and where self-defense insurance is a necessary part of any gun owner’s tactical tool kit.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
An hour-and-16 minute weather delay might have been the least-regrettable aspect of the Panthers’ ugly Week 1 blowout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at EverBank Field.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
During his appearance as a guest judge on the Feb. 19 episode of HGTV's The Flip Off, the Born Mechanic host got candid with Haack about their regrettable behavior towards one another following their separation.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
But the courses fuse education with promotion, selling a picture of the world where defensive gun use is a regrettable but likely occurrence, and where self-defense insurance is a necessary part of any gun owner’s tactical tool kit.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
An hour-and-16 minute weather delay might have been the least-regrettable aspect of the Panthers’ ugly Week 1 blowout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at EverBank Field.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
During his appearance as a guest judge on the Feb. 19 episode of HGTV's The Flip Off, the Born Mechanic host got candid with Haack about their regrettable behavior towards one another following their separation.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regrettable. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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regrettable
adjective
re·gret·ta·ble
ri-ˈgret-ə-bəl 
: deserving regret
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