rue

Example Sentences

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England take three late wickets but are left to rue five dropped catches as Australia close on 378-6 at stumps on day two of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

From BBC

Newcastle, though, will rue the manner of that second Tottenham equaliser.

From BBC

As they discuss the niceties and textual flaws of the classics they love as much as life itself, Stoppard’s playfulness is tinged with rue; the older man cannot prevent the younger’s heartbreak to come.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Why did they forget me?" rued Cano, one of hundreds of women affected by a breast cancer screening scandal in the southern region's public health system that has shocked the country.

From Barron's

Now painfully awake, the broker drank a strong black coffee and rued his change of fortune.

From Literature