ruefulness
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Knowing what we do about America’s capacity for forgiveness, or for willful forgetting, we can maybe allow, with some ruefulness, that the restoration of his body was more astonishing, after all.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 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
Embodying ragtag park denizens, Mannes students meticulously captured Ashley’s singsong, half-speaking style and his deadpan ruefulness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
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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