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verb

as in to regret
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about I rue the day I agreed to this stupid plan

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Recent Examples of rue
Noun
Also included in the mix were several different medicinal and psychotropic substances, including Syrian rue, blue water lily and cleome species, Tanasi said. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024 The hotel, now three years old, is certainly where all rues lead to during the Paris shows. Mark Holgate, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
Perhaps the Catholic Church ultimately rued its decision to help spur an innovation that spurred the decline of its dominance. Scott D. Anthony, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025 Larson also addressed the near-misses and rued the chance to get a better result than 12th. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rue
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Noun
  • But in the small areas of freedom McAvoy allows himself outside the main thrust of the familiar rags-to-riches-to-regret arc there are sharp little digressions and darker shadowy corners that suggest there’s more to the film, and to McAvoy as a filmmaker, than initially meets the eye.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Coming after his success as a co-writer on partner Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar hit Barbie (2023), Jay Kelly appears to signal a new chapter for the Baumbach, one less defined by fracture and regret than by celebration.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before Hellerstein imposed the sentence, Javice stood to express remorse and to apologize.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Elsewhere in the doc, Walt Weiss, a former detective for the Murphy Police Department who participated in the Conradt sting, shares his remorse over the situation.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The series’ first season, chronicling the crimes of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, prompted a conversation about the exploitation of Black and disabled people’s stories for entertainment, while the season following the Menendez Brothers led to a real-world reconsidering of their guilt.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • As anger fades into apathy and grief is aggravated by guilt, the public also chooses silence.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The remorse, the sorrow, the regret, the disappointment, the shame.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Rue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rue. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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