regret
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.).
were regretting
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past progressiveof regret.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One user said they were "regretting buying" their Sky Glass after the technical issues caused them to miss out on TV, including the first half of a Champion's League football match.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Another Beijing-based source said: "After experiencing the recent massive market volatility, some buyers were regretting that they didn't sign enough long-term supplies."
From Reuters ● Oct. 15, 2021
The Islanders were regretting a bookkeeping decision in the middle of the second period when Varlamov ordinarily would have gotten the hook for rookie Ilya Sorokin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
A millennium passed, and Byzantine grammarians were regretting that so little of her poetry had survived.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 9, 2015
IX, 14.—The people of Rome were regretting that they had not prevented the return voyage of Hannibal, and when they learned that he was consolidating the opposition in Libya, they were again terrified beyond measure.
