regret
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.).
is regretting
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present progressiveof regret (3rd 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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“I don’t think anyone is regretting the wars, but maybe we’ll be sorry we didn’t do more,” Winner said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Dr. Daniela J. Lamas is regretting now that she did not respect the last wishes of her dying patient.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
By the second hole, Donald is regretting the decision.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 3, 2018
Snow Queen Ingrid arrives just as Emma is regretting her actions, in time to tell Emma that she herself can't run from her problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2014
How bitterly everyone is regretting our false confidence, and how our chiefs are being cursed!
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
