profound regret

collocation in English

meaningsofprofoundandregret

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profound
adjective
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/prəˈfaʊnd/us
/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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regret
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈɡret/us
/rɪˈɡret/
a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different ...
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(Definition ofprofoundandregretfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The human race owes him a great deal and parts from him withprofoundregret.
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I differ from him with the mostprofoundregret.
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It is withprofoundregretthat we have been forced to the conclusion that no solution could be found.
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I have read it withprofoundregretfor reasons which must be sufficiently obvious.
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I join him in hisprofoundregretabout the proposed job losses affecting his constituency.
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I agree with that portion which "expressesprofoundregretat the inability," etc.
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It is a matter ofprofoundregret, and we should say so.
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To have any correspondence with reality it ought to be combined with a statement of ourprofoundregretat the emergency which has transpired.
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I may view the accident withprofoundregret, but not the arival of the ambulance.
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Let us be clear about one thing; any responsible citizen must view withprofoundregretthe fact that such policing is necessary.
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That circumstances exist to justify such draconian powers as those that it contains must be a matter ofprofoundregretto us all.
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I expressprofoundregreton behalf of the national health service.
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It has been to me a matter ofprofoundregretthat compulsory service was not instituted a couple of years ago.
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We deserve that opportunity, and it is a matter ofprofoundregretthat we do not have it.
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Those are circumstances moving us toprofoundregret.
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I have taken part in this debate withprofoundregret.
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That is quite evident, and it is a matter ofprofoundregret.
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It merely expressesprofoundregret, and so on, that heavy losses "should have had to be accepted".
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I am sure they have arrived at that conclusion withprofoundregret.
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I am sure that it was a matter ofprofoundregretto all of us to learn of his passing.
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