Example Sentences

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Until that point, Skye rues that she had lived like an adult since childhood, the inevitable consequence of entering Hollywood as an adolescent and lacking conventional parental guidance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Chez lui, la chasse aux mosaïques mène M. Latrasse, âgé de 43 ans, de rues médiévales en quartiers périphériques difficiles.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

He rues losing "millions of subscribers", but refuses to divulge the money he was making from YouTube.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022

A Beautiful Neighborhood in the Day: A bitter Mr. Rogers rues urban blight and zoning malfeasance.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

Boy, I warn you fairly: none ever makes of Peter Sanghurst an enemy but he bitterly, bitterly rues the day.

From In the Days of Chivalry by Everett-Green, Evelyn