| In a recent song, he ruefully concedes that his fans prefer the Shady persona. |
| Those stairs must have been a little more challenging than I thought, he ruefully admitted to himself. |
| In his most famous stage work, he took a ruefully affectionate voyage around his father. |
| Darcy grew calm again, and to her infuriation Lizzy thought she saw him smile ruefully. |
| Last year, a rep of the phone company ruefully admitted it was stretching the truth. |
| He sighed and ruefully gazed down the rocky mountainside to the glistening valley below. |
