Example sentences for: regrettable

How can you use “regrettable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Wordspinner , some of the quizzes are mere vocabulary tests, though couched in light-hearted utterances; for example, at Graffiti II the reader is asked to define the underscored words in sentences like “Clark Kent was a transvestite” and “Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry,” though one could think of a lot of regrettable actions for which vasectomy would be a feeble excuse.

  • Or you might see him as a latter-day Grimm, in whose macabre universe getting your intestines torn out and sketching other children's severed heads are regrettable but quite ordinary parts of life as a little girl.

  • It is regrettable that Lederer uses the word “corruption” (p.

  • To minimize this week's embassy bombing, Clinton called it a "mistake," "accident," and "tragic event" (other U.S. officials called it "regrettable" and an "error" entailing "loss of life").

  • A cement factory belching smoke is a regrettable addition to this corner of the valley.


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