Usage of "ruthful" | TermGallery

Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

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Mr Cazalet is already my right arm. He gave a rueful grin. 
 The Only Victor 

Lynx gave a rueful shrug, but brightened when he heard their news. 
 Hidden Warrior 

The light winked out, and Seregil gave the others a rueful look. 
 The White Road 

They mature through their different stages with incredible speed. She looked rueful. 
 The Complete Alien Omnibus 

One section of the force did regard the prospects with rueful countenances. 
 How Jerusalem Was Won / Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign i... 

He wanted to produce in them the humble and the contrite heart. 
 Town and Country Sermons 

Government sources suggested he had misspoken and had been contrite in private. 
 The Guardian 

She did feel contrite; she really hadn't meant to make him cry. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

But a moment later the tone would be low and almost contrite. 
 The Irish Times 

Phelps was contrite following his first drunken driving arrest a decade ago. 
 Reuters 

He's very remorseful... He's just in a really bad way, she said. 
 Reuters 

Mr Tupou said Aholelei was regretful and remorseful about what had happened. 
 Radio NZ 

They said they were very remorseful for their actions at the airport. 
 Radio NZ 

Now I understood the remorseful strain I had detected in her speeches. 
 Chance: A Tale in Two Parts 

Speaking through an interpreter outside the Hamilton District Court, Mazerat was remorseful. 
 Radio NZ 

Usage of ruthful in английском

"Never," answered Roxy with a ruthful smile; "but, Phyllis, in school I listen. 
 Phyllis 

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Ruthful through the time

Meanings of ruthful in английском