Use of ruefully in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include ruefully at the start of sentence, ruefully at the end of sentence and ruefully in the middle of sentence

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ruefully at the start of sentence


  1. Ruefully, Grimm took up the drumstick again and gnawed.
  2. Ruefully, she recalled her pleasure at the way the book, after a difficult patch, had begun to develop.

ruefully at the end of sentence


  1. He grinned at her ruefully.
  2. 'So this is goodbye,' she said ruefully.
  3. Hitting gold so fast would have been too easy, he told himself ruefully.
  4. In fact, there were lots of things she'd like to change about the way she looked, she reflected ruefully.

ruefully in the middle of sentence


  1. He smiles ruefully at the irony.
  2. He ruefully admitted that he envied her.
  3. Catch me, I thought ruefully, washing dishes.
  4. Mans looked ruefully at his bottle of champagne.
  5. Then, ruefully, he decided the sum was too large.
  6. He gazed ruefully in the mirror at his greying locks.
  7. Michael thought ruefully, there goes my date with Kay.
  8. He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled ruefully at me.
  9. He listened ruefully, holding the receiver away from his ear.
  10. She smiled at him ruefully and came into his arms for a kiss.
  11. Perhaps, she reflected ruefully, she was just easily irritated.
  12. Only 2. 5 million, we were ruefully told, were receiving treatment.
  13. " Well, I'll be damned, " he said ruefully, putting her on the floor.
  14. She practised her part ruefully, feeling that she was effectually shelved.
  15. My command, Jon Snow reflected ruefully, as much a ruin as it is a stronghold.
  16. Still, she thought ruefully, most heroes would have feet of clay if studied closely.
  17. I wanted that card to complete the set, so ruefully handed over twelve of my duplicates.
  18. She thought ruefully of the cigarette butt, and of Johnny's small handful of apple tree leaves.
  19. Old Hercule's stuff had been built to last, she reflected ruefully as she turned on the shower.
  20. Have you ever thought, ruefully, that far from raising an obedient child you've become an obedient parent?
  21. A classic case of shooting ourselves in the foot, the chairman, Sir Alan Cockshaw, admitted ruefully yesterday.
  22. Gloriously romantic yet giddily hilarious, this movie gives you a ruefully knowing smile as it sides with the wise heart.
  23. Obama reacted to the defeats by ruefully observing: "Some election nights are better than others" and accepting he had taken a "shellacking" from the voters.

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