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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
"Learning all the world!" said her mother smiling, though there was a little touch of regretfulness not quite kept down.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan
Yes, I think Herrick would have forgiven me for that momentary lapse into regretfulness over the white hawthorn.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
His thoughts would, at times, travel backward, and that in spite of himself, and they would land him with a lingering, though unacknowledged, regretfulness, on the deck of the Persian.
From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram
Former days started up before her in a rapid vision, each bringing with it regretfulness for unkind words, deferred caresses, rough treatment even.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
