regret
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.).
am regretting
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present progressiveof regret (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But now I am regretting saying this to him and don’t want to go forward with the plan.
From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2018
“I still am regretting the fact that I didn’t get to work with Patti and David in the same room,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2012
I am regretting it even now after less than four months.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Mathew Joseph Holt
And this precious experience is already mine; I am regretting the smile of Kaka.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
All the time that I am regretting my pleasures of the imagination, I feel myself consoled by force.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
