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
In its streets are "penitents," wandering, in sackcloth and sandals, with a downcast look and a rope for self-castigation, among soldiers in new French uniforms and ladies in the latest Paris fashions.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.
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
You will realise that he, like a true artist again, feels the need and the use of self-castigation.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
