| 单词 | ruefulness |
| 例句 | “Don’t I know it,” he said with a kind of happy ruefulness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Constance lowered her hands and looked at Reynie with a mixture of ruefulness and irritation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But her general ruefulness and wry observations feel thin; the book is less a diary of someone’s deepest thoughts, insecurities and secrets than a carefully curated Wikipedia entry. A Real-Life J.F.K. Lover, Murdered in 1964, Stars in Two New Novels 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z As Ms. Walker notes with tender ruefulness, “By appearing as her true self, Annie had become a fraud.” Theater Review: ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me,’ at 59E59 Theaters 2013-05-06T02:00:02Z Eastwood considers recent events with a fierce anger even as he considers the universal span of human experience with an Olympian ruefulness. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Veteran voice actor Rupert Degas narrates this wonderful tale in a well-paced, matte-finished voice, nicely capturing the prevailing moods of ruefulness, melancholy and gentle comedy. Review | Update your playlist with these great new audiobooks 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But in keeping with another gay literary tradition, there is an abiding sorrow, a ruefulness, underneath the histrionics. How to survive a summer at gay conversion camp 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Usually, “the winning number is about twenty,” adding with mock ruefulness: “they’re merciless, my girls.” Review | How do you define authenticity? A poetry collection explores a modern problem. 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z He regards his son with suspicion, defiance, anguish, ruefulness and fear. Avedon at 100: Photos of Seduction 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z A poem of bitter ruefulness with the ex lover addressed as "Criminal". John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z But there’s a deeper sense of mortal shadows and ruefulness about this hobbling Hedwig, now transplanted to America. ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Hedwig’ Get Tougher Onstage 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z But the play’s mixture of ruefulness, bleakness and bittersweet domesticity never becomes gripping, and drama and momentum are in such short supply that you feel you’re living the tedium the title character has embraced. Review | Drama and momentum are in short supply in ‘Doña Rosita’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “My drunk time has diminished,” she said, smiling but with a hint of ruefulness. Music: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ 2012-11-25T00:10:06Z In the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, his joke about his wife not accompanying his daughters to meet Mr Bingley lest he "like you the best of the party" has a hint of ruefulness. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Committed retains plenty of Gilbert's comic ruefulness and wide-eyed wonder, so it's unlikely readers will feel as betrayed as she fears. 2009-12-31T19:00:00Z Yet its story of ruefulness and loss isn’t smothered in gray existential sludge poured down from on high in the style of Christopher Nolan. Wonder Woman Review: Patty Jenkins's Hard-Won Wisdom 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z In the title role, the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke sings with both warmth and a barely concealed backbone of steel, and projects ruefulness and the tiniest touch of humor. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z At its worst, the commentary is a blend of armchair sociology and political ruefulness. The Cinema Isn’t a Place; It’s An Idea 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But by then he was chronically ill and any self-reflecting ruefulness he might have indulged in about his late matrimonial urge would have been pointless. Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z A sense of dislocation hangs over the project, intensifying in the early-hours ruefulness of Sierra Leone and the discombobulated drug haze of Pilot Jones. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange – review 2012-07-14T23:05:46Z "Nobody knew about The Artist until it appeared in Cannes," he recalls, with a reflex ruefulness. Pablo Berger: 'A movie's like a paella, you put all of your obsessions in there' 2013-07-11T13:58:00Z With a mix of ruefulness and amusement Ms. Daniel recalled the challenges of mounting her first show in Harlem, with 15 volunteers. She’s Taking the Show Uptown 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Schumer is pregnant with their first child, and also pregnant with an indistinct ruefulness. “Growing,” Reviewed: What Amy Schumer Won’t Expose 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The resigned version takes that and adds a smile — one that manages, through the tears, to communicate ruefulness, cynicism, contempt and the sheer relief of finally giving up. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Feels Stuck. It Kind of Works. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Adding to the air of ruefulness and romance are linking shots of Jia’s partner and muse, actress Zhao Tao, walking through areas of development in Shanghai, images that simultaneously evoke progress and loneliness. Review: 'I Wish I Knew' presents a changing Shanghai through Jia Zhangke's heartbreaking gaze 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Trump said many other things that additionally indicated his profound ruefulness and the new tone and direction he had in mind for the country upon emerging from this process. Opinion | A chastened president addresses a healing nation 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “Brazilian democracy and I are roughly the same age,” she says, a touch of ruefulness in her voice, “and I thought in our 30s we’d both be on solid ground.” Lyrical 'Edge of Democracy' tracks the decline of Brazil's political experiment 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z June, who is rail-thin and lanky, with the physique of a long jumper, recalls his years at the academy with the ruefulness of an athlete forced to wait on the sidelines. The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Knowing what we do about America’s capacity for forgiveness, or for willful forgetting, we can maybe allow, with some ruefulness, that the restoration of his body was more astonishing, after all. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z I admit, however, to some ruefulness that these boys were burdened with teaching white people to see and live beyond their carefully prescribed boundaries. ‘The Way to Survive It Was to Make A’s’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z You learn to cultivate a shrugging ruefulness, to become familiar with the patronising nods of London cabbies, and to cling to an assortment of memories, of pluses and minuses, some comic, some less so. Julian Barnes: my stupid Leicester City love 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z What you find in her writing, rather, is a certain ruefulness—an understanding that life is a crapshoot that’s been rigged, but to whose advantage? Maggie Nelson’s Many Selves 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z As Mr. Thornburgh said, with a hint of ruefulness, “It may be that voters get the final say.” Pennsylvania to Start Impeachment Proceedings for Attorney General 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z A neighbour tells me with quiet ruefulness that he feels like the last Olympics cynic in town. Olympics diary: triathlon, history and home 2012-08-08T12:56:29Z Yet there was an obvious “I didn’t know there would be math” ruefulness to Mackanin’s manner as he completed the daylong process with a half-hour chat with reporters. Chicago News Cooperative: What to Know When Interviewing With Cubs 2011-11-11T04:01:41Z “Earth gets its price for what earth gives us,” she quoted, with a mixture of ruefulness and humor. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z I wish to heaven I were a child again," he added with almost comic ruefulness, "and had mamma to come to me every night, as she used to do, before I went to sleep. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z And now—and now we are alone, I want really to thank you as I ought, but—but—I don’t know how,” broke off the girl, with a comic ruefulness that was inexpressibly bewitching. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “N.Y.U. compared to my high school academics was like, I was like the dumb Latino trying to struggle,” Mr. Flores said, with ruefulness and bravado. At a 10-Year Reunion, Old Songs and New Voices 2011-05-15T01:57:02Z He swept off his hat with comic ruefulness. In the Whirl of the Rising "I am not so sure of that," he said with pretended ruefulness, feeling in the breast pocket of his shirt. The Song of the Wolf There were shadows in her eyes, he thought, where he was used to seeing two cheerful little lights shining, and a faint ruefulness in the smile. The Benefactress He found himself on English soil with all sorts of feelings, but he hadn't quite faced having to reckon with a certain ruefulness in regard to that subject as one of the strongest. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II "Rather the worse for wear and tear!" he remarked with comical ruefulness. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West This she offered in her gentle way, even with a humorous ruefulness, Madame Beattie would find her so inadequate. The Prisoner He spoke with an odd ruefulness, and seemed to try to deepen the impression his tone conveyed by another look at Lucy eloquent of regret. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 He looked off at the very bright star in the west and smiled with whimsical ruefulness. The Desert Fiddler Gimp Hines kept riding the rim of his ring like a merry-go-round, p. 57 his face trying to show casual humor and indifference over ruefulness and scare. The Planet Strappers "That Hoddan," said the plainclothesman, attempting hearty ruefulness, "he certainly put it over on us last night!" The Pirates of Ersatz Once more the lad laughed, this time with comic ruefulness. Walter and the Wireless Saying this, he held up the letter, and looked at it for some time Without opening it, and with a strange mixture of embarrassment and ruefulness in his expression. The Lady of the Ice A Novel "Or than me either, I'm afraid," he added, with a ruefulness that was not ill-tempered. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House "She doesn't know what one is," Standish laughed, but there sounded a ruefulness in his laughter that told of the kind of blow he must once have suffered to bring that note in his voice. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story "They will all laugh at me," sighed the subdued Annie, with comical ruefulness. A Houseful of Girls Her small, charming face was a study in ruefulness, and indecision whether to be angry or not, and, one might almost have imagined, a certain amused tenderness as well. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story "Must have refused him, for he went away in a kind of amazed ruefulness, which even you would have pitied." A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel “I know,” said Eddy, simply, with a curious mixture of ruefulness and defiance. The Debtor A Novel Why now," said the captain once, regarding his winnings with a face of perfect ruefulness, "'tis proven that what we seek eludes us, and what we don't value comes to us! Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. "Not one of our jobs will be safe from him if he once gets his foot planted," prophesied the other with mock ruefulness. Success A Novel The sort of thing passed for humour in the county, and, being delivered with an air and a half Irish ruefulness, passed well enough. The Inheritors In the midst of his ruefulness the doctor, a capable-looking man of five and thirty, entered the room. Septimus Lucas, since his one unlucky outburst, had said never a word but stood looking on with a ruefulness of visage that it warmed the cockles of my heart to see. Helmet of Navarre He owned the lure, at last, with a bitter ruefulness. The Fortieth Door He spoke with a semi-whimsical ruefulness, and, having spoken, he went to the window and stood there with his face to the darkness. The Way of an Eagle "If I could I would oblige you; but I fear I cannot!" she replied, with illogical ruefulness. The Woodlanders Then she gave a tug to the child's coat, glancing at her up and down with some ruefulness. What Maisie Knew His ruefulness changed to a grin when he had the money in his hand, and Bull Hunter rose from the table. Bull Hunter "Luck go with you, my son," he said clearly, "in Allah's name," and smiling in faint ruefulness, "May Allah heed thee!" The Fortieth Door He gave Canby a look of burlesque ruefulness over his shoulder, the comedy appeal of one schoolboy to another as they leave a scolding teacher on the far side of the door. Harlequin and Columbine You might have," I admitted with some ruefulness, "if you had known I was bucking both the Allied governments and the picked talent of the Central powers. The Firefly of France Ellen said, "I think I understand," with a temptation to smile at the ruefulness of his appeal. The Kentons Her eyes lighted on the table, and a faint ruefulness came into them, as if she were going to ask Gyp to eat the oysters. Beyond "Don't look so solemn," she said with mock ruefulness. The Choir Invisible A smile of enforced ruefulness, like a leaf curling in heat, wrinkled his mouth. The Egoist |
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