ruefully

Three men were talking ruefully of money, which they did not have.

Which is pretty much the case, actually, she thought ruefully.

He sat up a bit and looked ruefully at her.

I know this town better than my own, she thought ruefully.

As a matter of fact, it had happened quite the other way around with her, she thought ruefully.

This is the only way I'm ever going to get on top of her, he thought ruefully.

And, he thought ruefully, it had better be the last.

Did I not say, he thought ruefully, that he'd be the death of me yet?

I took his arm instead, and he looked ruefully at me.

She ruefully agreed, and our talk turned to other things.

"The only thing that really did not work out according to plan was the market," he said ruefully.

At last she looked away and shook her head ruefully.

"I should have thought of that last night," she said ruefully.

"But really it was more like once a month," she said ruefully.

"Never in a million years did I think this would happen," he said ruefully.

"I like to be able to remember the movie longer than the time it takes to get to my car," he said ruefully.

Which seemed to have set the tone for their relationship, he thought ruefully.

"I should have thought of this before," the old man said ruefully.

Which is a little better than I can manage at the moment, he thought ruefully.

"Make me feel as though I am eight years old," he said ruefully.

In the end, she said ruefully, some children will look at the test and simply shut down.

Her children would be without both their mother and the television they so loved, she said ruefully.

A lot stronger than she looks, though, he thought ruefully.

She was certainly a terrific girl, he told himself ruefully.

More than a little ruefully, she looked down at her belly.