ruefulness
Example Sentences
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He regards his son with suspicion, defiance, anguish, ruefulness and fear.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
Schumer is pregnant with their first child, and also pregnant with an indistinct ruefulness.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2019
Usually, “the winning number is about twenty,” adding with mock ruefulness: “they’re merciless, my girls.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
“They changed 95% of it,” Mr. Berney says without ruefulness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2018
Constance lowered her hands and looked at Reynie with a mixture of ruefulness and irritation.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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