regret

regret
01. She later [regretted] quitting her job because she was unable to find another one for a long time.
02. He [regretted] looking at his girlfriend's diary when he read that she was planning to break up with him.
03. I decided to come to Australia to study English, and I have never [regretted] my decision.
04. I feel deep [regret] for my failure.
05. I [regret] that I didn't save any money last summer.
06. We [regret] to inform you that you have not been selected for the position.
07. Yvonne felt quite [regretful] after having accused her boyfriend of lying to her, and then finding out that he hadn't.
08. Alexander Graham Bell once said that when one door closes, another door opens, but we so often look so long, and so [regretfully] upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
09. John Barrymore once said that a man is not old until his [regrets] take the place of his dreams.
10. There is an Albanian proverb which observes that he who hesitates, [regrets].
11. I haven't learned as much English here as I thought, but I have no [regrets] because I've really enjoyed living in a different culture.
12. Author Thompson Highway once remarked that there is nothing more wasteful than [regret]; that instead, one should look forward with great enthusiasm to what is going to happen in the future.
13. Someone once noted that between tomorrow's dream, and yesterday's [regret] is today's opportunity.
14. Kara really [regretted] telling Beatrice her secret after her friend told everyone at school.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • regret — [ r(ə)grɛ ] n. m. • 1530; faire regret de « manifester sa douleur à propos de » 1170; de regretter I ♦ État de conscience douloureux causé par la perte d un bien. Regret du pays natal. ⇒ nostalgie. « S attarder aux vains regrets du passé »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • regret — REGRET. s. m. Déplaisir d avoir perdu un bien qu on avoit, ou que l on pouvoit avoir. J ay grand regret à mon Amy qui est mort. il a grand regret à l occasion qu il a perduë. il a eu de bonne marchandise, il ne doit pas avoir regret à son argent …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • regret — Regret, Desyderium. N avoir point de regret à son adolescence, Non requirere adolescentiam, B. ex Cic. De regret de celles qui estoyent demeurées derriere, Ad desyderium relictarum. Estre esmeu du regret d aucun, Desyderio alicuius moueri. Je ne… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • regret — REGRÉT, regrete, s.n. Părere de rău cauzată de pierderea unui lucru sau a unei fiinţe, de o nereuşită sau de săvârşirea unei fapte nesocotite; p. ext. remuşcare, căinţă. – Din fr. regret. Trimis de dante, 05.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  REGRÉT s.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Regret — Re*gret (r?*gr?t ), n. [F., fr. regretter. See {Regret}, v.] 1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Regret — Студийный альбом EverEve …   Википедия

  • Regret — Re*gret , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regretted} ( t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regretting}.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re re + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]ta. See {Greet} to lament.] To experience regret …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • regret — regrèt m. fr. regret. Cu si pren sensa amor pòu ben si quitar sens regret prov. . voir pentiment …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • regret — [n] upset over past action affliction, anguish, annoyance, apologies, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, lamentation,… …   New thesaurus

  • regret — [ri gret′] vt. regretted, regretting [ME regretten < OFr regreter, to bewail the dead < re + Gmc base as in OE gretan, ON grata, Goth gretan, to weep] 1. to feel sorry about or mourn for (a person or thing gone, lost, etc.) 2. to feel… …   English World dictionary

  • Regret — (fr., spr. R greh), 1) Bedauern; 2) Reue; davon: Regrettiren, bedauern …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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