Words similar to regretted

Example sentences for: regretted

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

He regretted that he wouldn't be "able" to visit key primary states for months.
Asked if he regretted the personal distress suffered by Lewinsky, Starr replied: "She--as an obviously highly intelligent young adult, a professional, a college graduate--made a most unfortunate judgment, and that was that she would commit federal crimes in order to obstruct the judicial process in the form of a sexual harassment action [the Paula Jones case].
Rushing home to "add some comfort to the pain and sorrow," Bush regretted that "there's not much to say" and that "all I could do ...
Some reviewers were said to have regretted the unmagicness of the book's realism and the sobriety of its prose style.
Starr, as noted, asked for the leak investigation to be put under seal, then publicly regretted his inability to discuss a matter under seal.