Rueful Sentence Examples

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  • Daniel just looked at him with a rueful grin.

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  • He gazed down into the river water, with what looked like a fond, rueful smile.

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  • However, I think those pouring scorn on this notion will very soon come to feel a little rueful.

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  • Visitors ' manager, Neville Powell was left looking very rueful after such a poor display from his underperforming team.

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  • To round off the weekend 's matches, John Cannon sends a rueful comment from a Sussex viewpoint.

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  • I only hope you gents ai n't too stony And he touched his pockets with a rueful face.

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  • I owned up the following morning - amid some laughter and more rueful looks.

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  • That was the rueful verdict of no less a person than Fianna Fa il toiseach Bertie Ahern in the aftermath of the count.

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  • He made it and gave her a rueful smile before dropping down beside her.

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