self-punishment
Example Sentences
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Even though I’d moved past my crush by then, I felt a surge of embarrassment that quickly morphed into self-punishment.
From Los Angeles Times
Given the painful infertility Pine and her partner have endured themselves, the decision to place herself in a maternity hospital may sound to many like a unique form of self-punishment.
From BBC
"As kind of a form of self-punishment, but also trying to keep things a little lighter, I told all the guys that I was going to shave it off whenever we won."
From Fox News
“As kind of a form of self-punishment, but also trying to keep things a little lighter, I told all the guys that I was going to shave it off whenever we won.”
From Washington Post
Some teams opted out by player votes, some by medical advice, one by self-punishment for past missteps.
From Washington Post
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