self-reproach
Example Sentences
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His voice, rendered almost tender by pity and self reproach, was the most powerful means of recalling her to herself, and just as the swoon was passing away, the King himself entered the apartment.
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
But although I loved him well, never any single day did he come into my sight but my heart was smitten with self reproach.
From Tales of Destiny by Mitchell, Edmund
What could have been more glorious, what more unmixed with any touch of bitterness, or self reproach, than Cicero's position on that evening?
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William
The self reproach which moved in his heart impelled him so rapidly upon his way that when he reached the doors he had still an hour to wait before the opera ended.
From The Wheel of Life by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
In past days she had longed for any amount of retribution on Alice's hard-hearted employers, but it was a very different thing to witness such grief and self reproach.
From Nuttie's Father by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
