ruefulness
Example Sentences
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The resigned version takes that and adds a smile — one that manages, through the tears, to communicate ruefulness, cynicism, contempt and the sheer relief of finally giving up.
From New York Times • May 26, 2021
Usually, “the winning number is about twenty,” adding with mock ruefulness: “they’re merciless, my girls.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2019
“They changed 95% of it,” Mr. Berney says without ruefulness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2018
So that’s a writer who I look back on with some ruefulness.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2015
“Don’t I know it,” he said with a kind of happy ruefulness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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