Article: Short Fall.(Poem)

Article: Judges marked my card, says Murray; Sore loser: Murray manages a ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: NEIL WILSON BRITISH boxer Joe Murray complained of partisan judging after he lost to a Chinese yesterday and was backed up by head coach Terry Edwards. Murray's accusation came on a day when organisers admitted doctoring TV pictures and dubbing the voice of a young singer at the opening

Article: Sands of time rock wobbling Woosnam.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... shocking putt on his penultimate hole drew nothing more than a rueful grin, which was still in place after he signed his scorecard ... was given a searching examination over the final holes. No rueful grin from him when he left a par putt short on his 17th hole ...

Article: Sister act gets 5 stars
Post-Tribune (IN);  September 8, 2001 ;     695 words ... ... became increasingly frustrated and frequently looked at her family between points. She reacted to one wild shot with a rueful grin, shrug and wave of helplessness to her father, Stefano. He smiled back. Richard Williams, meanwhile, nervously roamed ...

Dictionary definition: rueful
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      216 words ...rue·ful / ˈroōfəl / • adj. expressing sorrow or regret, esp. when in a slightly humorous way: she gave a rueful grin. DERIVATIVES: rue·ful·ly adv. rue·ful·ness n.

Article: EDITOR'S DESK
Daughters;  September 1, 2005 ;     387 words ... ... ve gotten the same reactions I have from other adults: "Oh boy, you're in for some rough years," they say with a rueful grin. If the questioner is a woman, she'll often confide: "My mom and I fought like cats and dogs when I was a teenager ...

Article: WHERE THE RACE WAS LOST.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  October 22, 2007 ;     459 words ... ... Raikkonen takes the chequered flag and championship. Massa comes second, Alonso third. 6.36pmHamilton exits his car with a rueful grin despite having finished a disappointing seventh and losing the championship. CAPTION(S): UPBEAT: Before track agony ...

Article: DARREN'S IN RAGE AS DOCTOR JOINS CHELSEA.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... after a row with coach Jose Mourinho over Arjen Robben's injury. It left Manchester United fan Campbell reflecting with a rueful grin: "One of the first things I thought when he told me he was off to Chelsea was that 'they're definitely going to win the ...