But he was at his mercy anyway, he realized ruefully, whether he told him or not.

At least then there had been something to go back to, Teldin ruefully realized.

Jonathan ruefully realizes that he took the wrong powder from his father's stores.

He realized ruefully the folly of any such attitude to this relationship.

He realised ruefully there would be scant time for sleeping if he were to keep to his own schedule.

Which had enhanced her feeling for him, Forrest realized ruefully.

Actually, he realized ruefully, he had little choice.

She realized ruefully that Satan had scored against her at the outset.

I followed it for a while, getting used to the weight of my pack in motion - it was, I realized ruefully, too heavy.

Alexi realized ruefully that she was more concerned with her own life than Eugenia's.