rue
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly.
has rued
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present perfectof rue (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He dismissed the threat early on and continues to say it will disappear, minimizing the illness even as he has rued its deadly effects.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
I can tell you he has rued the work he made about it ever since.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
She married a London man, who came here shooting, married him out of spite, and has rued it many times if the tales are true.
From Thurston of Orchard Valley by W. Herbert Dunton
