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Definition of Regretted
1. regret [v] - See also: regret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regretted
Literary usage of Regretted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"... as I was convinced that more mature reflection would induce him to modify his
opinion, and took my leave. me that he regretted to find, after consid- ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He very frequently invited them to familiar entertainments, the frugality of
which was ridiculed by those who remembered and regretted the luxurious ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... it may be, be very much for any Liberal politician to concern himself about;
but a decay which does not end in death ib always to be regretted. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"It is greatly to be regretted that Cal- verley never attempted any more serious
work that would have brought out his great ability and large knowledge. ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"It is much to be regretted that its future community will lack the Maori element;
and that dependencies, of which English gentlemen were the first -settlers ..."
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