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rueful

[roo-fuhl] / ˈru fəl /


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Rueful about their recent run, the Bryans engaged in plenty of soul-searching after a wrenching defeat, in which they had the momentum before a rain delay in the third set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2016

Tops in the Rueful Britannia class was a 1965 Wolseley Hornet, which raked in a box of tea, warm beer and a can of spotted dick.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2016

One was a proud, polite horse chosen to carry Feodor Chaliapin, chivalric Knight of the Rueful Countenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rueful British insurance men who had taken a large part of the Europa's underwriting, paid $4,500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast! cry out on his career.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward




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