“The days when you could recognize a person's origins by their rich and diverse regional accents are regretfully slipping away.”

“He regretfully stopped shoveling food onto his plate, and only ate half of what he put on there.”

“Since then, we have regretfully picked up our beach towels and coolers and headed back to the cosmic parking lot.”

“Going for a drink with Paulo a couple of weeks ago is proving the most intensely regretable mistake of my single life to date.”

“It is often regretable that the reputation of the singer draws bigger audiences in America than the work to be performed.”

“It was regretable that the steed did not measure up to her rider.”

“The book opens with a discussion of positivism and empiricism, positions that regrettably are still dominant within social and natural science.”

“The book opens with a discussion of positivism and empiricism, positions which regrettably are still dominant within social and natural science.”

“Many young people are, regrettably, disabled by illness or accident, so please will you stop and consider this before launching into a reprimand?”