Sentence examples similar to rueful aspect from inspiring English sources

From the rueful look on his once again kindly face, I know that I have failed.

"You know the expression 'sugarcoating the lemon'?" he asked me, with a somewhat rueful expression.

Still, "you have to look forward," Ms. Voigt said, sounding rueful but optimistic.

In this provocative, witty, and sometimes rueful book, David K. Cohen writes about the predicaments that teachers face.

"I saw certain aspects I liked and the potential of the team," he said on Saturday, pausing before a rueful chuckle.

He sounded rueful.

A rueful laugh.

Krauze grows rueful.

He smiles, rueful.

Cash's version is rueful.

Ladeischikov gave a rueful smile.