Examples of regrettable in a Sentence
His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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These are all areas where today’s Full Moon could trigger regrettable remarks.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2025
But his draft-day trades in recent years have been particularly regrettable, a reality that was amplified on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 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
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2025
But his draft-day trades in recent years have been particularly regrettable, a reality that was amplified on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 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
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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regrettable. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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regrettable
adjective
re·gret·ta·ble
ri-ˈgret-ə-bəl 
: deserving regret
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