How to Use regrettably in a Sentence

regrettably

adverb

• The progress of the work was regrettably slow.
• The same can be said for this very episode, which was regrettably bereft of any good lines.
  — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 5 May 2024
• And regrettably, that is not something that is in sight at this point.
  — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2022
• Many of the early ones, regrettably, were not of good enough quality to use in the film.
  — Michael J. Agovino, Esquire, 31 May 2016
• But regrettably, that’s not the way things work anymore.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 16 July 2023
• But most regrettably, the Maryland native won’t, as planned, get to nod to his muse.
  — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• And regrettably, though inevitably, Mushu is a no-show.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• The world might regrettably still have two tech ecosystems, but the plan might nonetheless help defuse the tech cold war.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• Its tenure on the show floor in Chicago, regrettably, will be a bit more sedate.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 4 Feb. 2018
• This isn’t the first time fans have regrettably hit the road early to avoid the painful and often long trudge to a seemingly inevitable loss.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
• And a self-climbing tree stand that did not, regrettably, climb itself.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• So, with Palmer’s very public blessing, USC regrettably gave the kid the number.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
• One host most regrettably did a radio remote from a Salt Lake City strip club.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
• But the chances of either of those now happening are, regrettably, slim.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• Any chance for a sense of normalcy is a ship that has, regrettably, already sailed.
  — Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
• The Gap was the cool kids shopped for all manner of denim (and later, somewhat regrettably, for khaki capris.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 July 2022
• There is no irony in Greenwell’s writing, and—for me, regrettably—no comic touch.
  — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020
• The wedding dress has been picked and venues have been paid for, but their plans to take their vows before family and friends have been regrettably put on hold.
  — Essence, 3 Sep. 2021
• India, regrettably, does have quite a lot of lynchings.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 4 Aug. 2018
• And with Virgo season on the 23rd comes, regrettably, Mercury Retrograde in the same sign.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• Though the show regrettably omits them, Käthe Kollwitz and Emil Nolde both stayed and, to varying degrees, were persecuted by the regime.
  — M.j. Andersen, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
• But once the building directly next to her began to smoke, Cochran bolted for the seawall, regrettably leaving her bird in the car.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Clearly, $40-plus billion in aid is a lot of money but, regrettably, not nearly enough.
  — Ellen Calmas, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Another yells a lot and is, regrettably, played by Brett Gelman.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
• Surely, an Ed Hardy revival is regrettably on the horizon.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
• Regrettably, thanks to Dodd-Frank, too many garages in our nation are full of old cars instead of new startup small businesses.
  — Kevin Freking, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
• The same basic principle applies to social media, which is, regrettably, still a great way to get your name out there.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 9 Dec. 2018
• To make things worse, there’s a long and mortifying sequence set in Egypt, the effect of which is to suggest, regrettably, that Edward Said may have toiled in vain.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
• At a Convention that seemed to me, on the whole, regrettably non-dapper (Reaganite elegance is no longer à la mode), Hunt was an immaculate exception, and his sharp silver tongue was in keeping with the cut of his suit.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
• In the immediate aftermath of this traumatic event, Mr. Trump’s words tended to de-escalate rather than inflame — even if some of his allies and advisers regrettably indulged in the opposite impulse.
  — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 July 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024