Rueful
//ˈɹuːfl̩//
"Rueful" in a Sentence (5 examples)
His smile is rueful.
Tom's house is in a rueful state.
Tom wrote a rueful letter to Mary from prison.
I'm not rueful about it.
Merely, he received it with the rueful indulgence that he would show towards Tom when he came through with one of his solutions for ending world poverty or the arms race.
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