How to Use regret in a Sentence

regret

1 of 2 verb

• He says he doesn't regret anything that he's done in his life.
• She does not regret leaving him.
• I deeply regret what I said.
• He regrets not traveling more when he was younger.
• Don't say anything you might regret later.
• Netflix won the deal — and would soon come to regret it.
  — John Carreyrou, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Rivers didn’t regret the play call or the pass by Murphy.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2022
• Powell, who died in 2021, would go on to regret the speech.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• That failed fake proved to be a turning point in the game, and one that Auburn will surely regret.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 9 Oct. 2022
• Yet Ehrlich didn’t regret how the heat played out that night, for the show’s purposes, at least.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 May 2023
• When that happens, the rights-holders who sold the shares might regret doing so.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Others, though, came to regret calling the number on a HomeVestors ad.
  — Propublica, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• Those who do uncover the series, of course, don’t tend to regret it.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 22 July 2023
• The major networks will regret not putting this contest in its slate, but those with ESPN+ will be in for a treat.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2022
• So maybe Campbell doesn’t have much to regret after all.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Even worse, half of those who share their status later regret it.
  — Jonathan Passmore, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022
• Scott then revealed that she was subsequently kicked out of the match and didn't regret it.
  — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• That’s the decision Taylor and the offense wouldn’t regret.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
• Teams sometimes pivot to the next-best option on the market, and quickly regret it.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• If the Sixers and Clippers remain in that holding pattern for the next few months, both could grow to regret it.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• That's a body-altering change that a kid may later regret in life.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Some of those involved with the Coffee County effort came to regret it.
  — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• Netz isn’t the only CEO to regret buying a fancy car (and that’s before accounting for the gas mileage).
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
• At its core, Charlie is a breakup album, with lyrics that speak to loneliness and regret.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2022
• No wonder that so many companies have come to regret top-down RTO.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023
• Propst came to regret his invention of the Action Office.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2023
• Madonna regrets the inconvenience to fans and hopes to make it up to those markets in the future.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2023
• Still, what if a parent goes along with a name-change decision, only to have the child regret it later?
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2023
• Her response was Édith Piaf, the legendary artist who died in 1963 and famously regretted nothing.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• The just-for-the-cameras stunt was clearly meant to help hype the fight — as Paul was only wearing one glove — and Pump appeared to seriously, and immediately, regret agreeing to take the mighty blow.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024

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regret

2 of 2 noun

• She has no regrets about leaving him.
• My coworker gives her regrets for not being able to attend the meeting.
• My greatest regret is not going to college.
• It is with deep regret that he is announcing his resignation.
• To my regret, I never visited Europe.
• But, sure, lots of regrets by a lot of us from, from 9/11 on.
  — Megan Barnes, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The reasons are all the same: too many regrets, too many apologies.
  — Mike Postalakis, Spin, 5 Sep. 2023
• The fear of missing out, FOMO, is an acute form of regret.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
• San Francisco is a city of Robert Wilsons, give or take the regret.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Even those who play with a one-hander have their regrets.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• But don’t be fooled—his biggest regret isn’t the mass sacking of his peers.
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
• Nina, in turn, will ask her father to express his regrets—at the point of a gun.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
• Jane says her illness, paired with the looming sense of regret, sent her home for the night after the Klute win.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• But the choice of venue is even worse than many realize and seems bound to inspire a rush of regret.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
• Any regrets about that pickup game the night before the first debate?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• The regret never eased for Scott’s grand niece, Tanya Broomfield, who had urged her aunt to move in with her.
  — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• The plan was to write a long letter to my ex, something wrenching and sad that would fill him with regret.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• So all the regret was like, Well, other people are watching Game of Thrones.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
• In other words, Leona had no regrets about using the atomic bomb.
  — Erica Huang, Scientific American, 20 July 2023
• Stallone is very candid in the film and even admits to having regrets.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
• Instead, the tone is mournful, suffused with dread and regret.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• The Celtics’ hopes of reaching the Finals for the second straight year and coming away with no regrets and a brand-new banner this time.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• In another light, though, this season is a source of some regret.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Kelce is trying to keep it from being that way this week, expressing regret for his role in the fight.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some personal regrets that pushed her to swear off trends?
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• Sydney Sweeney has no regrets about Madame Web and sees the film as a catalyst for other projects.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
• These are songs about love and longing, regret and revenge, and the thrill of meeting someone who might just change your life.
  — TIME, 25 Oct. 2023
• This is not due to survey fatigue but to survey regret.
  — Bill Howatt, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• There was a time when Mr. Santos expressed regret for some of those falsehoods.
  — Michael Gold, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The actor now looks back at the whole experience with regret.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024