RUE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for RUE, such as:

1. You will live to rue the loss of such a good opportunity.
2. Tina seemed to rue the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk.
3. If we face such numbers as this, you may have bitter cause to rue your coming, and your revenge.
4. She has been mad, and has come into the presence of a guilty king, and given him rue to wear and bitter herbs to taste of.
5. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves.

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 Meanings and Examples of RUE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rue
 v.  feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
Classic Sentence:
1  If we face such numbers as this, you may have bitter cause to rue your coming, and your revenge.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
2  I was at last bold enough to walk the street in his company, but kept my nose well stopped with rue, or sometimes with tobacco.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER XI.
3  Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER XII.
4  She has been mad, and has come into the presence of a guilty king, and given him rue to wear and bitter herbs to taste of.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
Example Sentence:
1  Tina seemed to rue the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk.
2  You will live to rue the loss of such a good opportunity.