Ruefulness example sentences
Related (5): regret, sorrowfulness, contrition, remorsefulness, penitence
"Ruefulness" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- He looked back at his wasted youth with ruefulness.
- Her comment was uttered with deep ruefulness at past mistakes.
- The old man sat alone, looking out at the sea with ruefulness in his heart.
- She spoke of her unwise choices in life, her voice thick with ruefulness.
- He recalled his reckless actions as a teenager, now with feelings of ruefulness and regret.
- I think back on some of my choices with ruefulness and a desire to do things differently.
- He viewed his past actions with a twinge of ruefulness, wishing he had made better decisions.
- Her reflection was tinged with ruefulness over opportunities she had let slip away.
- He gazed out the window with ruefulness, longing for his youth.
- The ruefulness in his tone betrayed his sadness at missed chances.
- His casual comment contained an underlying layer of ruefulness over past failings.
- With a rueful smile, he shook his head at his naive younger self.
- She spoke with ruefulness of days gone by, recalling youthful innocent pleasures.
- The older man's story was told with a ruefulness that comes only from experiences both joyful and painful.
- His rueful chuckle showed amusement at his own foolishness.
- Looking back at his poor choices, he expressed deep ruefulness at squandered opportunities.
- With rueful hindsight, he lamented the harm he had caused through his youthful arrogance.
- There was a rueful edge to his voice as he recounted his mistakes.
- The failure still caused her pain, though now tinged with ruefulness rather than bitterness.
- He thought back on his carefree youth with a rueful smile.
- With rueful amusement she recalled her teenage angst and melodrama.
- There was a tone of rueful resignation in his admission of past foolishness.
- In retrospect, he looked back at his impulses with a mixture of ruefulness and amusement.
- Her story was filled with nostalgia, though tinged with an unmistakable air of ruefulness.
- He voiced his regrets over lost love with ruefulness, wisened by the passage of years.
- The bitterness was fading now, replaced instead by a deeper ruefulness.
- The event still caused him pain, though now softened with ruefulness rather than self-pity.
- His eyes filled with ruefulness as he thought of youthful dreams gone awry.
- With rueful resignation, she admitted her mistakes and moved on.
- Though chuckled with rueful amusement, there was melancholy underlying his recollection.
- His light tone belied the deep ruefulness he felt over missed opportunities.
- Her laughter was tinged with ruefulness as she recalled her youth.
- Looking back on her youth, she spoke with a mixture of nostalgia and ruefulness.
- He shook his head ruefully at how foolish his younger self had been.
- With deep ruefulness, she thought of chances she had let slip through her hands.
- Though tinged with ruefulness, his memories of youth were also filled with happiness.
- His rueful apology showed remorse for past actions but also wisdom gained with age.
- His voice was filled with a sort of rueful amusement as he recalled his teenage rebellion.
- There was irony as well as ruefulness in her reminiscences of more carefree times.
- His rueful smile gave away his secret regrets over opportunities lost long ago.
- Looking back, she expressed rueful amazement at her younger self's naive assumptions.
- His rueful sigh betrayed feelings of sadness mixed with acceptance.
- The ruefulness in her voice came from hard-won maturity rather than bitterness.
- Though rueful, her admission of failure was also the first step towards moving on.
- With rueful affection, he recalled the innocence of his younger years.
- His recounting of fond memories was tempered by an undercurrent of ruefulness.
- Despite his rueful recollection of lost love, he spoke with wisdom born of experience.
- Though filled with ruefulness, his story also retained glimmers of youthful joy.
- His rueful eyes betrayed feelings of melancholy at dreams never fulfilled.
- With rueful pleasure, he reflected on happy times long since passed.
- His words were uttered with equal parts nostalgia and ruefulness at youth long gone.
- Though filled with ruefulness over past choices, her memories remained fundamentally happy ones.
- His story was filled with nostalgic details, though bound together by an overall tone of ruefulness.
- He spoke of his youth with a ruefulness born of hard won maturity and wisdom.
- There was amusement as well as ruefulness in her recounting of teenage indiscretions.
- His smile contained equal parts affection and ruefulness as he recalled happier times.
- Though tinged with ruefulness, her nostalgic reminiscence was ultimately a joyful one.
- Despite his ruefulness, his story ultimately conveyed more gratitude than regret.
- With rueful fondness, she recalled her younger self's naive hopes and dreams.
- Though rueful, his reminiscence was ultimately an affectionate look back at youthful innocence.