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
For a time he would be the grim Protestant Flagellant, pursuing the idea of self-castigation.
From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold
Too much knowledge had held him back, too many holy verses, too many sacrificial rules, to much self-castigation, so much doing and striving for that goal!
From Siddhartha by Hesse, Hermann
The need for a certain amount of self-castigation is implanted in all of us, and it is satisfied in the form of confession.
From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon
