"But he made that sail change quickly," he acknowledged ruefully.

She might as well have asked herself how long was a piece of string, she acknowledged ruefully.

"That must have been it," he acknowledged ruefully.

As a result of which, she had to acknowledge ruefully, everything in her wardrobe, while it might be of good quality, was strictly practical.

He acknowledged ruefully to himself that it was not a prevarication.

But, he acknowledged ruefully, "there is a lot to choose from."

"Trouble is," Scorpio acknowledged ruefully, "sometimes that's the best you can hope for."

But he ruefully acknowledged that "I would have preferred to keep both brands."

What she had now with Adam couldn't even be called a relationship, she acknowledged ruefully.

But we've come to know the lady better," he acknowledged ruefully.