hair shirt
Example Sentences
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And that gave birth to the worst Wolverine, which also gave birth to the idea that the suit is a hair shirt.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
“You don’t have to be vegan or take cold showers or wear a hair shirt, but just consuming less things is really helpful for the environment,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022
This is a coming-of-age story in which the transition from adolescence to adulthood is akin to swapping one hair shirt for another.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
He wore his perfectionism like a hair shirt, and he expected it of others.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2020
Leah took it all—bones, teeth, scalp—and knitted herself something like a hair shirt.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
