"I wasn't asked," said Lymond, and a fleeting regret slipped through the pleasant voice.

She spared a fleeting regret, as always, for the fact that she would be unable to see, or even feel, most of what she was about to do.

F'lar supposed Lytol to be amused and experienced a fleeting regret for the orphaned Jaxom, reared by such a cheerless if honest guardian.

Peter felt a fleeting regret that he couldn't take arap Moi, his chief petty officer, along too.

But it was a very fleeting regret, for my teeth were chattering with the cold.

With a mild and fleeting regret, Franklin wished that all man's machines could be as simple and efficient as this one.

He felt a fleeting regret for not having brought his gun, then abandoned the thought.