Sentences with Rueful

The child's rueful admission of breaking the vase melted the parent's anger.

The teacher gave a rueful smile as she realized her mistake in the lesson plan.

Upon discovering the lost treasure map was a hoax, the adventurers shared a rueful laugh.

After forgetting his mother's birthday, he wore a rueful expression throughout the family dinner.

As the final whistle blew, the soccer player walked off the field with a rueful acknowledgment of defeat.

The teacher cast a rueful look at the pile of ungraded papers on her desk.

Standing in the rain without an umbrella, he wore a rueful expression on his soaked face.