self-accusation
Example Sentences
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He kicked savagely at a root, and added, in bitterest self accusation, "I'm a chump, I am!"
From Lavender and Old Lace by Reed, Myrtle
“I certainly am a poor enough hostess to weary you the first evening with chatter instead of sending you to rest, after such a drive,” she said, in self accusation.
From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis
It is curious that I remember that shame and self accusation and its consequences far more distinctly than I recall the weeks of vacillation before I soared.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Celia stood abashed and trembling before this revelation of a sorrow deeper than her own,—the sorrow of self accusation and unavailing regret.
From Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters by Leonard, Mary Finley
