Use of rueful in Sentences. 25 Examples

The examples include rueful at the start of sentence, rueful at the end of sentence and rueful in the middle of sentence

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rueful at the end of sentence


  1. "Our marriage was a mistake," she said, looking rueful.
  2. Lord Mountdrago smiled, but the smile that tried to be careless was only rueful.

rueful in the middle of sentence


  1. Jenny gave a rueful smile.
  2. Then she pulled a rueful face.
  3. Ellen gave me a rueful smile.
  4. Mary Ann shot him a rueful look.
  5. Reckless youth makes rueful age.
  6. She managed a rueful little smile.
  7. He turned away with a rueful laugh.
  8. He was rueful for joining the army.
  9. Jane looked at her with a rueful smile.
  10. He thought of her with a rueful smile.
  11. He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile.
  12. She could not help laughing at his rueful countenance.
  13. He seemed both rueful and fatalistic about his prospective eminence.
  14. A small gas - jet furnished sufficient light for so rueful a corner.
  15. Hung - chien , with a rueful smile , had no choice but to take the child.
  16. He made a blank and rueful face when he saw Mr. Arthur seated upon a table.
  17. But he only looked at her blankly, and gave no rueful half-smile in collusion.
  18. He is rueful, polite, mildly disappointed, and afflicted by a low-key melancholy.
  19. The upholder, rueful harbinger of death, Waits with impatience for the dying breath.
  20. The play is a rueful, wry observation about the way we are all subject to the ravages of time.
  21. Celia and Brassard, who had overheard everything from the outer office, exchanged rueful glances.
  22. I shall never forget Jordi's face, his rueful smile, his fatalistic shrug as he was pushed into the car.
  23. The good loser is recognisable as the competitor who nods with rueful admiration each time the opponent scores.

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