rue
verb (used with object)
to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly.
ruing
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present participleof rue.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Leclerc was 0.243secs off pole, and ruing what he said was Ferrari "losing a little bit of our raw performance" in the past three or four races.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Even a day and a win later, the Lakers were still ruing Thursday’s road loss in Denver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
Alexander-Arnold curled a free-kick wide as the clock ticked down and it looked like Madrid were left ruing two points dropped, when the third was taken away from them too.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
"It was a difficult kick from the touchline and he will be ruing the two earlier in the game which were much easier kicks," former Scotland hooker Fraser Brown told BBC'S Rugby Union Weekly.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
