How to use "regret" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "regret" in popular movie and book plots

  • Bernard and Emory immediately regret having made the phone calls.  - The Boys in the Band
  • Before getting on the plane and during the flight, she begins to show regret for planning to marry him.  - The Wedding Singer
  • She comes to regret signing this contract.  - I Shot Andy Warhol
  • The commander expresses regret that he and Kirk are on opposite sides, saying, "You and I are of a kind.  - Balance of Terror
  • In fact, most of the machine people he meets regret the decision to give up their humanity.  - Galaxy Express 999
  • Fortune reminds Rudy that he has nothing to prove to anyone but himself, and that not a day will go by when he will not regret quitting.  - Rudy (film)
  • Hester agrees to Chillingworth's terms although she suspects she will regret it.  - The Scarlet Letter
  • On the morning of his planned departure, he sees Tadzio again, and a powerful feeling of regret sweeps over him.  - Death in Venice
  • Expressing regret for the matter, Cortez promises to help Tommy find out who masterminded the ambush plot.  - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Tristran expresses regret for chaining Yvaine up.  - Stardust (novel)
  • Eva expresses regret that Easton gave her a small role in one of his lesser plays, one which flopped.  - Morning Glory (1933 film)
  • Sean neither regrets his decision, nor does he regret the final years of his marriage, after which his wife died of cancer.  - Good Will Hunting
  • Ray expresses regret that he didn't get a chance to make things right before John died.  - Field of Dreams
  • Archbishop Thomas Cranmer offers Anne advice and sympathy; they both regret Cromwell's and Robert Barnes' downfall.  - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)
  • Trapped in the robot's head as the ship explodes, they land on a nearby planet, much to the regret of its Planet of the Apes-like population.  - Spaceballs
  • Fawkes admitted his intention to blow up the House of Lords, and expressed regret at his failure to do so.  - Guy Fawkes

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