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How to use the word regretfully in a Sentence?

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Regretfully, the tragic circumstances unfolding across geographies, an uncertain travel outlook, differing speeds of vaccination roll out and the uncertainty around new variants combine to make it impossible to realise a global meeting with business, government and civil society leaders from all over the world at the scale which was planned.

The WEF

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Regretfully the bipartisanship is not on display this year, and the principal reason for that is I think what the new administration and the Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate are doing are wildly out of proportion to what we need at this particular juncture.

Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We invite you to join us in protecting the lives of our people and those that live on this reservation. I regretfully decline your request.

Chairman Frazier

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Regretfully, I followed my lawyers' strong advice to confirm my plea even though it was all I could do to not cry out' no' when this court asked me if I was guilty, i have spent my entire adult life accepting great responsibility. I accepted the plea agreement to stop the pain and threats to my family and to accept responsibility for what the government I have defended and served for more than thirty-three years said I did wrong.

Michael Flynn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The president of the United States of America will regretfully have the red carpet rolled out for him by this Conservative government, but from the public, the welcome will be far from warm.

Ian Blackford

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's pretty obvious we were not able, in the House, to pass a replacement. Our Democratic friends ought to be pretty happy about that because we have the existing law in place, and I think we are just going to have to see how that works out, we believe it will not work out well, but we'll see. They have an opportunity now to have the status quo, regretfully.

Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Regretfully, one of our men was injured and is currently in the hospital.

Traditionalist Worker Party

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Very regretfully it was shelved by the Myanmar government in 2011. But the contract is still in force. How to push this cooperation forward is an important thing for both countries, i think that the existing government has no time to get this project restarted. I believe that once the new government is in office, the Chinese government will continue to discuss with them how to restart this project.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.

Helen Keller

added by anonymous
10 years ago

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

added by anonymous
13 years ago

When one door closes another door opens but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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