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.
  • Abramovich paid, and didn’t regret it.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Better that than regret it for all time.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Wells doesn’t regret the leap — or even the stairs.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Choosing the wrong shade can lead to regret.
    — Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 25 May 2026
  • Dunham will come to regret putting all her eggs in this basket.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Which of the losses could Texas come to regret the most down the line?
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Even worse, half of those who share their status later regret it.
    — Jonathan Passmore, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Have no sense of your own tendency to regret.
    — Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Trump would come to regret testing that belief for too long.
    — Marc Champion, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Part of him regrets signing the papers.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, whether this will be a decision the two come to regret remains to be seen.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • That's a body-altering change that a kid may later regret in life.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Months from now, even years from now, the Rams (2-1) may still regret this loss.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Or this one, about the women who do regret having children.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Those who do uncover the series, of course, don’t tend to regret it.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 22 July 2023
  • That group tends to regret not selling way more than those who did sell regret selling.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Winkelmann doesn't regret it.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • When that happens, the rights-holders who sold the shares might regret doing so.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Yet even with the trade-offs, Cillizza doesn’t regret the leap.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But waiting often leads to regret.
    — Scott Snider, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Trump has regretted it ever since.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • The city will regret this decision.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Trump, who endorsed his opponent, may come to regret that.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • The woman regrets having hurt the feelings of a john who wanted to ask her out.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Does the Sad Art Dad regret his choices?
    — Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025

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.
  • Rell calls it a recipe for regret.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This is a source of some regret for him.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Any regrets about killing his wife and son?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Hawke too looks back on that with some regret.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But he’s still plagued by shame and regret.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
  • All three sides will have regrets.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Sarah doesn’t say the word, but shows a wince of regret.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • With all the scars, the pain, the regret and, yes, the love.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • With all the scars, the pain, the regret and, yes, the love.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • With all the scars, the pain, the regret, and, yes, the love.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • In fact, Fritz has just one big regret about it.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But there was no question at all of regret.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This is also a book about regret, and about shame.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • My regrets are, in a way, badges of honor.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • The friend felt a pang of preëmptive regret.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Most of our cast has no regrets about being on the show over all.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • But you’re supposed to live with no regrets.
    — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Geisha has no regrets, though, even in her later years.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Pack one and save yourself the regret.
    — Adam Cheung, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Sheen has no regrets about that either.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sethi isn’t the first investor to look back with regret.
    — Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Check the Moon Alert to avoid regrets.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Field had no regrets about stepping aside.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Years from now, may our only regret be that this day took so long to come.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But the vibe in the postgame locker room wasn’t angst, anger or regret.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026

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