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Example sentences for "regret that"

  • I regret that I cannot speak to them that good of His name which I ought.

  • That must, ma foi, be very striking, and I regret that I have never even read it.

  • So his tone was even colder than before as he said, "If the matter is urgent I regret that I cannot help you, but I think you can understand that I am unwilling to discuss my friend's affairs, even with another of his friends.

  • I regret that I have to go at once--but at once!

  • Out of thousands of similar letters received from former patrons, we have selected these few at random, and have to regret that we can find room only for this comparatively small number in this volume.

  • I began it by expressing my regret that a communication from the President to Congress had been so much misrepresented in that part which related to France as to be construed into a measure of hostilities.

  • Mr. Chairman: I regret that we are called upon to vote for or against striking out the first section of this bill, at this time.

  • I regret that I have not done it more fully and clearly; and I hope that some gentleman more competent to a proper examination of the subject will yet take it up before we get through this discussion.

  • I, of course, regret that Mrs. Holford has fallen a victim to the machinations of our enemies, but surely even that is no excuse for a man to act treacherously towards his friend.

  • I regret that I cannot explain at this moment, because I should be breaking a confidence," he responded.

  • It was evident that I knew more than they had believed I did, and that Langton was filled with regret that he had invited me there.

  • We regret that we did not receive this noble work of Mr. F.

  • We regret that we cannot follow the learned lecturer through his earnest and unanswerable argument in support of these positions.

  • We regret that we have room only for a few brief extracts which we give as follows:-- "But we have been told by Capt.

  • For this I feel grateful, and I regret that I could not have been with you in the hour of tribulation--everything, however, happens for the best.

  • We regret that we have not space for these eulogistic quotations.

  • It causes me a good deal of regret that I am not able to help such as you, Ben.

  • The girl put all the joy of her heart into melody, and made chords which caused Allan Dorris to regret that he could not leave the bellows and go round in front to wave his hat and cheer.

  • I regret that I have not the honour of his acquaintance.

  • I regret that I cannot receive her better,' my mother answered feebly.

  • Its wild and picturesque beauty causes us to regret that more of the still lingering traditions of the red men have not been made the themes of his verse:-- THE BLACK FOX.

  • I regret that it is not in my power to join the citizens of Amesbury and Salisbury in the memorial services on the occasion of the death of our lamented President.

  • Believe me, it is with no ordinary feelings of regret that I find myself under the necessity of foregoing the pleasure of meeting with you on that occasion.

  • He gave me a full account of the ceremony, which I regret that I cannot relate in full.

  • He used to regret that he had no ear for music.

  • I expressed my regret that I was ignorant of the games, and, when he had gone to see the invalid, I went up to my room and wrote to Mlle.

  • I regret that I cannot take you by carriage, but, upon my word, the road we go by is not fit for carriages.

  • I regret that I am not permitted to do that.

  • I regret that I have no knowledge of where madame may be.

  • Well, sir, then I regret that I must ask you to walk over the bridge with me to the police-station.

  • At the same time I regret that Mr. Lidderdale, whose brother was a notorious Romanizer I have since discovered, should not have exercised more care in the supervision of his nephew, a fellow scholar with my own son at Haverton House.

  • One or two of the lay helpers used to horrify Mark with stories of early days there, and when he seemed inclined to regret that he had arrived so late upon the scene, they used to tease him about his missionary spirit.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "regret that" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    also called; direct popular; equal protection; examining magistrate; first cousins; good many years ago; honor bound; how should; leaf mold; long stem; moderate fire; more ancient; observe that; office till; one and; particularly when; plain truth; regret that; saved from; short season; small library; without regard