self-castigation
Example Sentences
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His pouty Elvis face folded into a frown of self-castigation.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018
Reflecting on this controversy need not lead only to self-castigation.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2016
The very pain my conduct gave myself, persuaded me that it must be heroic, just as a devotee is satisfied after a severe self-castigation.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
In his desire for self-castigation he lost sight of the pain he would inflict upon her.
From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles
Even in his seventh year he began to practice austerities and self-castigation, which he kept up through his life.
From The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by Jordan, David Starr
